A gold sedan rammed into a parked SUV from Joe Biden’s motorcade. This happened shortly after Joe Biden and Jill Biden had left a building, concluding a visit to his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.
While Joe Biden and Jill Biden reportedly escaped unharmed, they were visibly startled by the loud collision.
The collision prompted Secret Service agents to swiftly react, drawing their weapons on the driver of the car involved in the collision with the motorcade.
Members of the United States Secret Service react after a vehicle crashed into a Secret Service SUV that was blocking the street as U.S. President Joe Biden exited his campaign headquarters, in Wilmington, North Carolina, U.S. December 17, 2023.
— Nathan Howard (@SmileItsNathan) December 18, 2023
For @Reuters pic.twitter.com/usr5BGBS2n
Joe Biden was visibly shocked by the loud crash after being asked by a reporter why he is tanking in the polls.
“Why are you losing in the polls?” the reporter asked.
Joe Biden answered, “You’re reading the wrong polls.”
Watch:
🚨#BREAKING: Clearer footage of the Presidential motorcade incident shows the moment when Joe Biden was walking out of his campaign headquarters and about 9 seconds into the footage, you can hear the crash as a car collides with his motorcade. The driver of the car is reportedly… pic.twitter.com/LZnPoBkTtM
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) December 18, 2023
The Daily Mail reported:
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.
The president and first lady were unharmed.
Watch:
A car collided with part of Biden’s parked motorcade tonight in Wilmington — it just rammed into an SUV that had closed down a street while Biden attended a campaign event.
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) December 18, 2023
The circumstances weren’t clear; Biden and the First Lady loaded into their vehicle and left. pic.twitter.com/M3kvbNGfCl
After the incident, a photograph of the driver was released to the public. United States Secret Service members were observed speaking with the individual who was driving the vehicle during the crash.
The driver seemed to have no malicious intentions and accidentally collided with the motorcade.
Take a look:
LOOK: Photo emerges of the driver who crashed into Biden’s motorcade pic.twitter.com/TCs7BCMMIW
— Anthony Scott (@AnthonyScottTGP) December 18, 2023
