Driver dies after crashing into White House gate

May 05, 2024 at 9:01 am EDT

A man has died after his vehicle collided with the gate outside the White House late Saturday.

The United States Secret Service said the incident happened just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday when a speeding vehicle crashed with an outer gate of the White House.

The driver was only identified as a man by D.C. police, according to The Washington Post. He was found dead as Secret Service officers cleared the vehicle and tried to provide aid.

The crash is being investigated as “only a traffic crash,” police said, according to the Post.

President Biden was not at the White House at the time of the incident, according to The Associated Press. He is spending the weekend in Delaware.

Secret Service Spokesman Anthony Guglielmi on X, formerly known as Twitter, said that there is no threat to public safety.

The Secret Service and police will continue to investigate the incident, the AP reported.

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day

May 5, 2024

A Black Hole Disrupts a Passing Star

What happens to a star that goes near a black hole? If the star directly impacts a massive black hole, then the star falls in completely – and everything vanishes. More likely, though, the star goes close enough to have the black hole's gravity pull away its outer layers, or disrupt, the star. Then, most of the star's gas does not fall into the black hole. These stellar tidal disruption events can be as bright as a supernova, and an increasing amount of them are being discovered by automated sky surveys. In the featured artist's illustration, a star has just passed a massive black hole and sheds gas that continues to orbit. The inner edge of a disk of gas and dust surrounding the black hole is heated by the disruption event and may glow long after the star is gone.

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