I know scenes like this rarely happen in Nigeria. But imagine going
about your normal day and all of a sudden, you saw hundreds to thousands
of Naira notes land in front of you .
This is exactly what
happened in New Jersey as the faulty rear doors of Brink’s armored truck
spilled over half a million dollar notes on the highway .
The
incident caused at least 2 crashes ,minor fender benders and a major
traffic backup, as people scrambled out of their cars to pickup the free
flying money.
An observer at the scene said:
“The driver of the Brink’s truck looked like he was laughing and crying at the same time”
“He wasn’t mad and yelling at people. He just looked like he thought it was so absurd.”
Police
say two bags of cash fell out, one contained $140,000 and the other had
$370,000. They are currently looking at social media, videos and photos
to try to identify people and cars that could be tracked down in order
to recover about $300,000 (₦109m) that is still missing.
A
similar incident happened in May this year when a Brink’s armored truck
spilled an estimated $600,000 (approximately ₦218m) onto an interstate
highway in Indianapolis,USA.
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