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Headline Roundup December 18th, 2023

Driver Crashes into Parked SUV in Presidential Motorcade, Arrested for DUI

Summary from the AllSides News Team

On Sunday evening, a car crashed into a parked SUV in the presidential motorcade in Wilmington, Delaware. The incident occurred across from the entrance to President Joe Biden's campaign headquarters.

Key Details: There was no evidence that the crash was intentional, and the driver of the vehicle has been charged with DUI. A video shows President Biden witnessing the crash before being escorted away by Secret Service agents, while First Lady Jill Biden had already gotten into the vehicle.

Key Quote: "There was no protective interest associated with this event and the President's motorcade departed without incident", said a Secret Service spokesperson.

For Context: For security, intersections are often blocked from the public for the security of the president.

How the Media Covered it: Newsweek (Center bias) highlighted social media users who reacted to a video of the incident by criticizing Secret Service agents for their purportedly slow reaction time to the crash.

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Secret Service Response to Joe Biden Motorcade Accident Raises Questions
Secret Service Response to Joe Biden Motorcade Accident Raises Questions

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Social media users have raised questions about the Secret Service's response after a car plowed into a parked SUV that was guarding President Joe Biden's motorcade on Sunday night.

Biden was walking from his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, to his waiting armored SUV when a sedan hit a U.S. Secret Service vehicle that was being used to close off intersections near the office for the president's departure, The Associated Press reported.

The sedan tried to continue into a closed-off intersection before Secret Service personnel surrounded the vehicle with guns drawn...

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Car crashes into Biden motorcade outside Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters
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A car crashed into President Joe Biden's motorcade Sunday evening as he and First Lady Jill Biden were exiting the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.

The first lady had already entered the vehicle the pair would be traveling in, and the president had just responded to a question when a silver copper sedan with Delaware plates hit a motorcade vehicle, according to the White House press pool.

According to the White House press pool, the vehicle that was hit seemed to be a motorcade SUV that was shielding the motorcade...

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