The car drove onto the sidewalk near the White House and crashed into an information booth.
The streets leading to the US government building are closed to pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
Police and National Guard soldiers are shown on the roads, TASS reports. As the agency clarifies, the car itself is now on the sidewalk in the northern part of Lafayette Square, in front of the White House.
Earlier, a video was published on social media with a man who got out of the vehicle and allegedly got into a fight with the police. The driver was arrested.