The driver of the vehicle was identified as Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, of Chesterfield, Missouri, the US Park Police said in a statement on Tuesday (May 23).
A man who crashed a truck containing a Nazi flag near the White House has been arrested and charged with trying to kill or harm the president, the police said on Tuesday .
TV images showed a red and black swastika banner that had been found during a police search of the truck. It said that he was charged with"assault with a dangerous weapon, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, threatening to kill/kidnap/ inflict harm on a president, vice president, or family member, destruction of federal property, and trespassing."
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