Agents’ White House crash

The US Secret Service said two agents were under investigation after an incident last week in which they were reported to have driven a government car into White House barricades after drinking at a late-night party.

The Washington Post reported that one of the agents involved in the alleged March 4 incident was a top member of President Barack Obama’s protective detail.

The newspaper quoted current and former government officials familiar with the incident as saying officers on duty wanted to arrest the agents and give them sobriety tests. A supervisor ordered the agents be sent home, the officials said.