Armored truck scatters cash across New Jersey highway leading to multiple crashes
A truck spilling money in a highway at rush hour caused chaos when people started to leave their cars in the middle of the road to get the money from the floor, and it all was caught on video.
The curious incident took place the morning of December 13, at a busy New Jersey highway, and the madness that unfolded involved two car crashes, as the local police told Associated Press.
It happened on Route 3 in East Rutherford around 8:30 a.m., one of the busiest hours in the driveway, when the police received a call about an armored truck spilling dollar bills across the western lanes.
Several videos show people getting out of their cars and collecting the money, causing much confusion and leading to accidents. It is unknown if people were injured. Read more on our Twitter account @amomama_usa
VIDEO: Armored truck spills cash across New Jersey highway, resulting in multiple crashes https://t.co/tt6GcoJ3jo pic.twitter.com/MjvDhUejGZ
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) December 13, 2018
“People went a little bit crazy when they saw the money. I mean, it seemed like the people who got out of the car — they just didn’t care. They parked their cars in the middle of the highway.”
-Danielle Shah (witness), Associated Press, December 13, 2018.
An armored truck spilled cash onto a New Jersey highway Thursday, causing drivers to get out of their vehicles to pick up the money -- as well as multiple crashes. https://t.co/ptIJoeZZ5p
— FOX 11 Los Angeles (@FOXLA) December 13, 2018
Police is yet to determine how much money ended up in the highway, but they informed the public that people who took it are still on time to return it without facing charges.
According to the law enforcers, some people already approached them to voluntarily hand back the cash.
💸💸 RAINING MONEY 💸💸: Drivers stopped traffic when they got out of their cars to gather money that flew out of an armored truck when its doors opened on the road. https://t.co/Q5mI0lb2Nd
— ABC 7 News - WJLA (@ABC7News) December 13, 2018
Security and protection company Brink’s released a statement on which they confirmed that the armored truck in question was theirs, explaining that they launched an investigation on the matter and refusing to comment any further.
Motorists nab cash spilled by armored truck, causing crashes https://t.co/PIzqTNmyMi #7News pic.twitter.com/D912zq29LS
— 7News Boston WHDH (@7News) December 13, 2018
Meanwhile, the East Rutherford Police Department has taken to social media to request any information and videos related to the incident, making people wonder if they are going to track down the people who took advantage of what happened.
Armored truck spills cash on NJ highway; multiple crashes followhttps://t.co/LzqsFUL0Dy pic.twitter.com/83DbVaqJhT
— ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) December 13, 2018
This is not the first time when the company has suffered this kind of spill. Back in May, another Brink’s trucked spilled hundreds of thousands of dollars when its back doors accidentally got open on an Indianapolis interstate.
Caught on video: A store clerk suffers a heart attack, and two teens and a man decide to rob him. Then they leave him on the floor. https://t.co/NelkMWkSho pic.twitter.com/Tfxlc5gtRD
— NBC 10 WJAR (@NBC10) September 11, 2018
It is incredible to think what people are capable of doing in order to get some free money. While in this case nobody seems to have been harmed seriously, things could have ended much worse at a Washington gas station store for its store clerk in September.
Zarif Kelada, a father-of-three was serving three teenage customers when he started to have a heart attack around 5:30 p.m. As was caught on video, instead of helping the Clerk, who was working alone at the time, chose to steal money from the cash register.