Car barrels into parked SUV part of Biden’s motorcade as president leaves campaign headquarters

A car barreled into a parked SUV protecting President Biden’s motorcade Sunday night as the commander in chief was leaving his campaign headquarters in Delaware.

Biden was walking from the campaign office to his armored SUV when a silver sedan crashed into a US Secret Service vehicle that was used to close off the intersection near the headquarters for Biden’s departure.

President Joe Biden reacts after hearing a loud bang as he leaves his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta
A car barreled into a parked SUV that was part of President Biden’s motorcade. AFP via Getty Images/ Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
Members of the United States Secret Service speak to the driver of the vehicle that crashed into a Secret Service SUV. REUTERS

The sedan, which sustained bumper damage, then tried to drive into a closed-off intersection before Secret Service agents swarmed the vehicle with weapons pulled and forced the driver to surrender.

Biden was taken into his car, where his wife, first lady Jill Biden, was already waiting before they were quickly driven home.

The 81-year-old Democrat and his wife are safe.

It was not immediately clear Sunday night whether the driver, whose car had Delaware plates, acted intentionally or whether his actions were politically motivated.

The commander in chief was leaving his campaign headquarters in Delaware. AFP via Getty Images

Before the incident, Jill Biden first walked into the vehicle after leaving campaign offices in downtown Wilmington around 8:07 p.m.

Then the president exited the campaign headquarters, and moments after he responded to a shouted question from the press, a loud bang went off, which seemed to surprise Biden, according to the White House press pool report.

Biden and his wife visited campaign headquarters Sunday night where they ate pasta with tomato sauce with members of his election team.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden spotted after a vehicle crashed into a Secret Service SUV. REUTERS

The incident wasn’t the first incident involving a Biden motorcade.

In 2020, then-President-elect Biden’s motorcade crashed with another car in Wilmington, Delaware.

The trooper and a 77-year-old woman ended up with minor injuries, according to state police.

Biden was taken into his waiting car, where his wife, first lady Jill Biden, was already waiting. REUTERS

In 2015, an NYPD motorcycle cop on then-Vice President Biden’s detail was injured when he crashed his bike while escorting the vice president to the airport.

The highway patrol officer was riding with the motorcade across the Triborough Bridge at around 2:15 p.m. on September 11, 2015 when he spun out of control.

Biden — who had been in town for an appearance on the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and 9/11 ceremonies — was told about the accident while boarding Air Force Two.

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