President Joe Biden stood frozen in shock as a car rammed into an SUV that was part of his motorcade before Secret Service agents rushed him into a vehicle and drove him from the area on Sunday night.
The president and first lady Jill Biden were leaving his Wilmington, Delaware, campaign headquarters around 8pm after sharing a meal with staffers when the collision happened.
A pool of reporters and photographers captured the dramatic footage that saw the president hurried into the back of his armored SUV by Secret Service agents, not knowing if the crash was part of a deliberate attack.
The wreck occurred at the very moment Biden was walking out of a building and was responding to a question from a reporter, a silver sedan with Delaware license plates hit what seemed to be a motorcade SUV shielding the intersection across from the entrance of the campaign headquarters. As the loud bang rang out, Biden muttered ‘wow!’ as he looked toward the sound of the collision, appearing surprised.
The silver sedan, which sustained damage to its bumper, was quickly surrounded by security officers after it stopped. Agents cornered the car and pulled weapons on the driver, who held his hands up. The Biden’s returned safely to their home in Wilmington following the incident.
Source: News Agencies
