Warzone/The Drive: SUV Plows Into Median Barrier Just As Presidential Motorcade Passes In Opposite Direction (Updated)
The incident is a reminder of just how fast threats can appear for the Secret Service agents tasked with getting the President safely from A to B.
As the Presidential Motorcade was traveling near Opelika, Alabama on I85, an SUV traveling in the other direction slammed into a highway median barrier just as the core of the procession was passing in the opposite direction. It is not clear at this time exactly what caused the motorist to steer into the motorcade at that exact moment, but it does seem awfully suspicious.
President Trump was in Alabama to visit the site of a powerful tornado that did major damage to the town of Beauregard and claimed 23 lives. Although the Secret Service and local law enforcement clear the route the motorcade will travel on, the oncoming traffic that is separated by an open patch of grass for this stretch of the I85 appears to have been moving along unimpeded. Thankfully, the barrier between the two roadways worked and the SUV, a Jeep Liberty, was stopped from continuing on its path that seemed as if it would have taken it careened right into the heart of the motorcade if it was left to its own devices.
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WNU Editor: This accident occurred because the driver had to avoid a car in front who had slowed down to watch the motorcade. I can understand that. I saw a President Clinton in a motorcade years ago in the Bay area, and it is quite a site to see, and everyone wants to stop and look at it.. As for this event over the weekend, I can only imagine how the Secret Service must have reacted when this occurred. President Trump was also not in his usual limousine, but in a SUV which I suspect does not provide him the same level of protection.
