VEEP IMPACT: SUV carrying Harris crashes; Secret Service initially blames 'mechanical failure'

Vice President Kamala Harris was concerned in a one-car crash on a closed roadway in Washington, D.C., which the Secret Service initially misreported as a "mechanical failure," in keeping with a report.

The Monday morning crash has despatched shock waves by way of the Secret Service, in keeping with insiders talking with the Washington Put up. Whereas the vp wasn't injured, the character of the accident has raised the query of how such a careless incident was capable of happen throughout the prestigious company.

The SUV carrying Harris hit a curb of a tunnel with such drive that the tire had to get replaced. The vp was moved to a different car within the motorcade to succeed in the White Home.

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The inaccuracy of the preliminary report of the accident, an digital alert to management attributing it to a "mechanical failure" relatively than the Secret Service agent driving the SUV hitting a curb, induced Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle, who has been on the job for a couple of month, to be disturbed however was relieved after receiving a fuller account later within the day, a supply informed the information outlet.

Video posted to TikTok seems to indicate Harris's motorcade.

“Throughout a protecting motion Monday, a car in a motorcade had a minor overcorrection and struck a curb,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi informed the Washington Put up. “The protectee was transferred to a secondary car, and the motorcade continued to its vacation spot. There have been no accidents to anybody.”

A spokeswoman for Harris confirmed that she sustained no accidents within the incident and took the chance to precise her gratitude to the Secret Service.

“The Vice President sustained no accidents and appreciates the short response by her USSS element to get her to the White Home safely,” spokeswoman Kirsten Allen mentioned in an emailed assertion.