Woman with gun crashes van into White House security barrier, arrested

Washington: A Tennessee woman driving a white van on Friday intentionally drove into a White House security barrier but did not breach it, and she was immediately apprehended and put under arrest, the US Secret Service said.

No shots were fired and no law enforcement personnel were hurt, the Secret Service said in a statement.

Previous encounters with the 35-year-old woman from La Vergne, Tennessee, near the White House had resulted



"in numerous arrests for a variety of criminal violations," it added, without giving her name.

"The female was again charged today with numerous criminal violations and transported to the Metropolitan Police Department," the statement said, adding that normal operations had resumed at the White House complex.

The woman was seen holding a gun in her hand, according to a police report cited by the local Fox network TV station.