The US Secret Service said preliminary investigations showed that the driver may have intended to crash the U-Haul truck into a barrier.
EDnews informs via DW that a man was arrested overnight after driving a U-Haul box truck into a barrier near the White House, the US Secret Service said in a statement.
"There were no injuries to any Secret Service or White House personnel and the cause and manner of the crash remain under investigation," the statement said.
The truck crashed into the barriers at Lafayette Square, which is adjacent to the US president's residence.