- A car collided with a motorcade SUV belonging to President Joe Biden's security detail shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday evening
- After the crash, Secret Service agents escorted a shocked Biden to his car.
- The car, whose bumper was damaged, was quickly surrounded by police and secret service agents
- Biden and his wife had just left his campaign headquarters after eating pasta with tomato sauce with members of his re-election team
- Security officers surrounded the vehicle after it stopped and the Bidens returned safely to their Wilmington home
The tight security surrounding President Biden was spectacularly breached on Sunday evening after a car collided with part of the president's parked motorcade in Wilmington, Delaware.
Secret Service agents trained their weapons on a black driver when the vehicle appeared to ram into an SUV that had blocked a road while Biden attended a nearby campaign rally.
The president and first lady had just left the Biden-Harris 2024 headquarters in downtown Wilmington just after 8 p.m.
The First Lady wished the waiting journalists “Happy Holidays.” Just as the President came out, his exit was interrupted by a car hitting one of the SUVs in the motorcade.
The president and first lady were uninjured.
President Joe Biden appeared shocked after a car collided with a Secret Service SUV
Members of the U.S. Secret Service rush to a car after it crashes into the president's motorcade
Members of the US Secret Service speak to the driver of the crashed vehicle
The car rammed a Secret Service motorcade SUV that was blocking the road
As Biden walked from the campaign office to his waiting armored SUV, a limousine hit a U.S. Secret Service vehicle that was blocking intersections near the headquarters for the president's departure.
The car, a silver copper sedan with Delaware plates driven by a black man, appeared to him to be the SUV blocking the motorcade at the intersection opposite the entrance to campaign headquarters.
There was a loud bang and the president seemed genuinely shocked when the collision occurred.
The limousine attempted to continue through a closed intersection before Secret Service agents surrounded the vehicle with weapons drawn and ordered the driver to raise his hands.
The agents quickly moved into action, cornering the car and pointing guns at the driver.
The man obeyed, holding up his hands as nearby reporters were quickly pushed away.
The police quickly surrounded the vehicle with weapons drawn
Officers quickly approached the crashed vehicle to speak to the driver and find out what happened
A Secret Service agent could be seen approaching the vehicle, his hand on his gun
Shortly after the collision, Secret Service agents rushed to the scene
The accident occurred on Sunday night on a slippery road in wet and windy weather
Biden and his wife had just left his campaign headquarters after eating pasta with tomato sauce with members of his re-election team.
Biden was quickly ushered into his waiting vehicle, where his wife was already seated, and then driven quickly back to their home.
Otherwise, his schedule was unaffected by the incident.
The Secret Service did not immediately comment on the incident.
The crash occurred as Joe Biden was leaving his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday evening
A few moments earlier, Biden had waved to the assembled reporters and wished them “Happy Holidays.”
US First Lady Jill Biden reacts after a vehicle collides with a Secret Service SUV
The crash occurred in front of a team of journalists and photographers covering Biden
When the accident occurred, Biden was walking from the building to his waiting SUV
President Joe Biden reacts after hearing a loud bang as he leaves his campaign headquarters
The strict security precautions surrounding the president appeared to have been breached on Sunday night
A car plowed into a parked SUV that was part of Biden's motorcade Sunday evening as the president left his campaign headquarters. The bang startled Biden
Joe Biden watches in horror as a car plows into his motorcade: The president is dragged away by the Secret Service as agents point guns at the driver outside the campaign headquarters in Delaware