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 jurisdictional police agency on Wellington Street in front of the Parliament Buildings. Officers are working with the Parliamentary Protection Service. This comes on the same day that a tour bus slammed into a gate 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. Police said these two incidents are being treated as separate. Wellington Street in front of Parliament has been closed to vehicles since February, after police forces cleared anti-government “Freedom Convoy” protesters who had besieged the city center for three weeks. MPs are on summer break so the House of Commons is not in session at this time.
