---
title: "Video Shows Out-of-Control Car Nearly Strike Trump Presidential Motorcade"
description: "The car came flying out of the woods just as the limousine carrying Trump passed by."
date: "2017-08-31"
modified: "2017-08-31"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/14001/video-shows-out-of-control-car-nearly-strike-trump-presidential-motorcade"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Donald Trump"
  - "Missouri"
  - "Presidential Motorcade"
  - "Secret Service"
---

# Video Shows Out-of-Control Car Nearly Strike Trump Presidential Motorcade

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President Donald Trump traveled to Missouri on Wednesday to give a high-profile speech on tax reform, but on the way back to the airport [his motorcade](<https://www.twz.com/4518/the-fascinating-anatomy-of-the-presidential-motorcade>) experienced a rare and somewhat frightening event—an out-of-control car suddenly appearing from a roadside grove of trees, headed straight for the president's armored limo.

A witness who happened to be filming the motorcade caught the small white sedan as it flew out of the woods, bounced through a roadside ditch, and came to rest on a grassy shoulder at the edge of the pavement, clearly disabled by the rough entrance. A rogue vehicle on a closed road is concerning enough for the Secret Service, but this all happened to go down *just* as The Beast and President Trump were passing that very spot.

A Chevrolet Suburban carrying Secret Service agents broke formation to shield the rest of the motorcade from any malfeasance, and another truckload of agents doubled back and checked out the situation once President Trump was well clear of the area. Despite the drama, Springfield Police [later tweeted](<https://twitter.com/SGFPolice/status/903108522048704512>) that the driver and her passenger had "no intent of harm or disruption to motorcade."

[*Ozarks First* reported](<https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/vehicle-appears-from-woods-as-trump-motorcade-drives-by/801709463?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter>) that the car experienced what has to be the world's most poorly-timed brake failure on a nearby road, causing it to crash through a small patch of woods and onto the closed motorcade route. The news site also obtained more video of the accident from a different angle, showing the car plunging down an embankment before hitting the ditch. There were no injuries or arrests reported. Still, hard to imagine what it's like to lose control of your car and suddenly end up heading straight for the presidential motorcade.

https://youtube.com/embed/1Yqa5PUViPo

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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