Car crashes into Joe Biden’s convoy in Delaware, US; Chairman, First Lady Safe

A car collided with a parked SUV that was part of Joe Biden’s convoy in Wilmington, Delaware, on Sunday. The incident occurred as he walked to the vehicle after leaving the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign headquarters.

Wilmington: In an unpleasant event, a car collided with a Secret Service vehicle attached to Joe Biden’s motorcade on Sunday (local time). The incident rocked the president’s security as he left his campaign headquarters in Delaware. The sedan crashed into an SUV parked at a nearby intersection, about 40 meters from the US president. Security personnel immediately rushed to Biden and removed him from the building in downtown Wilmington. “Both the president and first lady are doing well,” AFP reported, citing a White House official.

“Today, at approximately 8:09 PM (0109 GMT), a Secret Service vehicle monitoring the route of the President’s motorcade was struck by another vehicle in Wilmington,” said Steve Kopek, special agent in charge and spokesman for the Secret Service.

“There was no protective significance associated with this event and the president’s motorcade departed without incident,” Kopek added.

Reporters gathered on the sidewalk outside the campaign office where President Biden and the First Lady were dining with their staffs. They tried to ask questions from a distance, but all they could capture was the president’s expression of surprise at the incident.

The security officers cornered the silver sedan and pulled guns on the vehicle’s driver.

“They are evacuating, you have to go,” an employee told reporters as security cordoned off the area.

President Joe Biden arrived safely at his parents’ home after the incident.