- A car collided with a motorcade SUV that was part of President Joe Biden’s security detail just after 8 p.m. on Sunday evening
- Secret Service agents escorted a shaken Biden to his car after the collision.
- The car, which suffered bumper damage, was quickly surrounded by police and Secret Service agents
- Biden and his wife had just left his campaign headquarters after a meal of pasta with tomato sauce with members of his reelection team
- Security officers surrounded the vehicle after it came to a stop and the Bidens returned safely to their Wilmington home
The tight security surrounding President Biden was breached in spectacular fashion on Sunday evening after a car collided with part of the presidential motorcade in Wilmington, Delaware.
Secret Service agents drew their weapons on a black driver when the vehicle appeared to ram into an SUV that had closed a street while Biden attended a nearby campaign event.
The President and First Lady had emerged from the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in downtown Wilmington just after 8 p.m.
The first lady wished the waiting journalists happy holidays. Just as the president was coming out, his departure was interrupted by a car hitting one of the SUVs in the motorcade.
The president and first lady were unharmed.
President Joe Biden appeared shaken after a car crashed into a Secret Service SUV
Members of the US Secret Service rush to a car after it hits the presidential motorcade
Members of the US Secret Service speak with the driver of the crashed vehicle
The car struck a Secret Service SUV blocking the street
As Biden walked from the campaign office to his waiting armored SUV, a sedan struck a U.S. Secret Service vehicle being used to close intersections near headquarters for the president’s departure.
The car, a silver sedan with Delaware license plates driven by a black man at the wheel, appeared next to his SUV shielding the motorcade at the intersection opposite the entrance to campaign headquarters.
There was a loud bang and the president seemed genuinely shocked when the collision occurred.
The sedan attempted to continue into a closed intersection before Secret Service personnel surrounded the vehicle with weapons drawn and ordered the driver to put his hands up.
Officers quickly acted, cornering the car and pulling weapons on the driver.
The man complied and held up his hands as reporters nearby were quickly shuffled away.
Law enforcement officers quickly surrounded the vehicle with weapons drawn
Officers quickly approached the crashed vehicle to speak to the driver and understand what had happened
One Secret Service agent could be seen with his hand on his weapon as he approached the vehicle
Secret Service agents rushed to the scene shortly after the collision
The accident took place on Sunday night on slippery roads in wet and windy conditions
Biden and his wife had just left his campaign headquarters after a meal of pasta with tomato sauce with members of his reelection team.
Biden was quickly led to his waiting car, where his wife was already seated, before being quickly driven back to their home.
His schedule was otherwise unaffected by the incident.
The Secret Service did not immediately comment on the incident.
The crash came just as Joe Biden was leaving his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, on Sunday evening, just after 8 p.m.
Moments earlier, Biden had waved to the gathered reporters and wished them “Happy Holidays.”
US first lady Jill Biden reacts after a vehicle crashed into a Secret Service SUV
The crash occurred in full view of a team of journalists and photographers covering Biden
Biden was walking from the building to his waiting SUV when the accident occurred
President Joe Biden reacts after hearing a loud bang as he leaves his campaign headquarters
The tight security surrounding the president appeared to have been breached on Sunday evening
A car crashed into a parked SUV that was part of Biden’s motorcade on Sunday evening as the president left his campaign headquarters. The bang startled Biden