An individual was arrested after a vehicle rammed into the front gates of Parliament Hill in the early hours of Aug. 3, police said.
The incident occurred at roughly 3:30 a.m., when an unauthorized vehicle drove into the front gates on Wellington Street. The vehicle was stopped by security infrastructure and did not manage to enter the Hill grounds, the Ottawa Police Service said in a statement. The damage to the gates was minimal.
“An Ottawa Police officer was nearby and immediately took the driver into custody without further incident,” the statement reads.
Charges are pending as the OPS continues investigations in collaboration with the Parliamentary Protective Service, which oversees security on Parliament Hill.
In another incident later on the morning of Aug. 3, an amphibious tour bus crashed into the gates outside 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence of the prime minister, which is currently unoccupied.
The two incidents appear to be unrelated.
The Canadian Press contributed to this report.
