Car Trailing Motorcade Prompts White House Security Lockdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A car that trailed an official motorcade on to Pennsylvania Avenue prompted a security lockdown at the White House on Tuesday.

A Secret Service spokesman said the car entered the security checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania and was immediately stopped by Secret Service uniformed officers.

The male driver was arrested and Washington DC police checked the car for explosives.

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