Washington: All car and pedestrian traffic has been stopped by US Secret Service for several blocks in a perimeter around the White House since morning on Wednesday following a security alert triggered by a dump truck.
A canine team "alerted" while inspecting a dump truck that was scheduled to come into the construction complex on the White House north lawn, the Secret Service told ABC News.
The north lawn has been under construction for nearly a year and any vehicle or person doing work there is inspected at each entrance.
No reporters are being allowed access to the White House's north lawn during this inspection. Usually television reporters at the White House keep their cameras on the north lawn and report live from there throughout the day, the report said.
The closing extends along H Street, from 7th to 15th Street and includes Lafayette Park across the street from the White House, an unusually wide berth for this situation.
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