Ottawa police say one person is in custody after a vehicle crashed into the front gates of Parliament Hill early Wednesday morning.
Police say someone drove an unauthorized vehicle into the front gates on Wellington Street around 3:30 a.m., but was unable to go any further due to security infrastructure.
Damage to the gate was minimal, police said.
A nearby police officer arrested the driver without incident. Charges are pending. The arrested person has not been identified.
The Ottawa Police Service is the police service of the Wellington Street jurisdiction in front of the Parliament Buildings. Officers work with the Parliament Security Service.
It comes on the same day a tour bus crashed into a door outside 24 Sussex Dr., the prime minister’s official but currently unoccupied residence. There were no passengers on the bus at the time and the driver was not injured. The Prime Minister does not currently live at 24 Sussex Dr. Police said these two incidents are considered separate.
Wellington Street outside Parliament has been closed to vehicles since February after police forces removed anti-government Freedom Convoy protesters who had entrenched themselves in the city center for three weeks.
Deputies are on their summer vacation, so the House of Commons is not in session at the moment.
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