Tight security that surrounds President Biden was breached on Sunday night after a car collided with part of the presidential parked motorcade in Wilmington, Delaware.
Secret Service agents drew their weapons on the driver as the vehicle appeared to ram into an SUV that had closed down a street while Biden attended a nearby campaign event.
The circumstances of the crash were not immediately clear.
The president and the First Lady got into their vehicle and left had just emerged from the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in downtown Wilmington just after 8pm.
The first lady was wishing “Happy Holidays” to waiting journalists. Just as the president emerged and his exit was interrupted by a car that hit one of the SUV's in the motorcade.
President Joe Biden appeared shocked after a car crashed into a Secret Service SUV
Members of the US Secret Service rush to a car, after it hit the presidential motorcade
The car rammed into a motorcade SUV operated by the Secret Service which was blocking the street
A silver copper sedan with Delaware plates hit what appeared to be the SUV that was shielding the motorcade at the intersection across from the entrance of the campaign headquarters.
There was a loud bang and the president appeared genuinely shocked as the collssion occurred.
Agents quickly sprung into action, cornering the car and pulling weapons on the driver.
The man complied and held his hands up while nearby reporters were quickly shuffled away.
The crash came just as Joe Biden was leaving his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday night, just after 8pm
Moments earlier, Biden had been waving to gathered reporters wishing them 'Happy Holidays'
President Joe Biden reacts after hearing a loud bang as he leaves his campaign headquarters
A car plowed into a parked SUV that was part of Biden's motorcade Sunday night while the president was leaving his campaign headquarters. The bang startled Biden
Tight security that surrounds the president appeared to have been breached on Sunday night