The White House has been placed on lockdown after a woman driving minivan drove into a security barrier near the White House, and was immediately apprehended by the Secret Service. According to the Secret Service Twitter account, the car struck a barrier at the corner of 17th Street NW and E Street NW. The female driver was "immediately apprehended" by the Secret Service after a brief confrontation. According to an unconfirmed report by Fox News, the driver is reportedly suffering from mental problems. Car strikes security barrier near White House; Secret Service has apprehended female driver, according to authorities pic.twitter.com/1pwqNOuQxG — Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/967137214802137089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); CBS NEWS: "The Secret Service verifies nothing was breached -- No part of the [White House] perimeter was breached." pic.twitter.com/8KDZ46xaNB — Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/967138792573464576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); BREAKING: An individual driving a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier near the White House at 17th & E. U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) https://twitter.com/SecretService/status/967134390869544961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); UPDATE: The female driver of the vehicle was immediately apprehended by Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers. U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) https://twitter.com/SecretService/status/967135001627283457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Photo shows vehicle that struck barrier near White House https://t.co/uESv8LdkxH pic.twitter.com/1bnIeb9stm NBC News (@NBCNews) https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/967139537502769152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); No personnel were injured during the incident, and the vehicle "did not breach" the White House complex. UPDATE: The vehicle did not breach the security barrier of the White House complex. U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) https://twitter.com/SecretService/status/967134583648071680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Los Angeles Times reporter Noah Bierman tweeted "I'm locked in the White House press office. Secret Service has locked doors and appears to be looking into a security issue," before adding "Secret Service is getting out some bigger guns. One guy had a helmet on." Im locked in the White House press office. Secret Service has locked doors and appears to be looking into a security issue. Noah Bierman (@Noahbierman) https://twitter.com/Noahbierman/status/967129207729000450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Secret Service is getting out some bigger guns. One guy had a helmet on. Noah Bierman (@Noahbierman) https://twitter.com/Noahbierman/status/967131362988785667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); The incident comes two days after the Secret Service reopened the streets around the White House and allowed workers into an evacuated building after authorities cleared a suspicious car parked nearby. ALERT: Secret Service Agents and Officers are responding to a suspicious vehicle near 17th street NW. New Executive Office Building is being evacuated. Road closures are being established and traffic will be impacted. U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) https://twitter.com/SecretService/status/966302566647779328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Around 100 White House staff were held in a park and federal employees were turned away from Executive Office Buildings while the incident remained under investigation. UPDATE #2: Explosive Ordnance Detection personnel have cleared the suspicious vehicle. Vehicle road closures have been lifted. Pennsylvania Avenue and Lafayette Park remain closed to pedestrians. U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) https://twitter.com/SecretService/status/966317109029597184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");