WILMINGTON, Del., December 17, 2023—A car plowed into a secret service vehicle of the presidential motorcade just feet from President Joseph Biden, on Sunday evening, shortly after he and First Lady Jill Biden left a dinner with staff at the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in downtown Wilmington.
🚨#BREAKING: Clearer footage of the Presidential motorcade incident shows the moment when Joe Biden was walking out of his campaign headquarters and about 9 seconds into the footage, you can hear the crash as a car collides with his motorcade. The driver of the car is reportedly… pic.twitter.com/LZnPoBkTtM
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According to the White House press pool email sent to the Lynnwood Times, the incident occurred approximately 8:07 p.m.
The First Lady entered the vehicle first, saying “Happy Holidays” to reporters. As Biden was responding to questions from reporters, a silver sedan with Delaware license plates plowed into a US Secret Service vehicle that was shielding the presidential motorcade at the intersection across from the entrance of the campaign headquarters.
The incident left the President, who was standing outside his vehicle, with a surprised expression on his face, according to press pool.
Agents cornered the silver sedan, drawing weapons on the driver forcing him to surrender.
By 8:09 p.m., Biden was shuffled into the waiting vehicle, where he and the First Lady continued their journey to arrive at their Delaware residence at 8:20 p.m.
The driver of the silver sedan is cooperating with the secret service.
