A Brinks Truck Spilled Money All Over a New Jersey Highway

Several accidents were reported near East Rutherford, NJ after a Brinks truck spilled cash on a major highway.

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Several accidents were reported near East Rutherford, NJ after a Brinks truck spilled cash on a major highway. According to New York's ABC 7, motorists had trouble navigating the rush-hour traffic as other people left their vehicles and scrambled to collect the cash

ABC reports that the money spill occurred around 8:30 a.m. on Route 3, and video taken by people along the route shows drivers dodging traffic to collect the loose bills. This high-stakes Frogger game led to multiple crashes.  

Early Christmas for NJ commuters! It was raining 💵 on Route 3!! @njdotcom @ABC7NY @News12NJ #commute pic.twitter.com/oNC7bs3fZz

— Sabrina Quagliozzi (@squagliozzi) December 13, 2018

Brinks has not confirmed how much money was lost.However, they admitted that the embarrassing loss of cargo did happen.

No joke.... it’s SNOWING money! Accident involving a Brink truck on Route 3 in East Rutherford sends cash flying. 💰 ❄️ @ABC7NY pic.twitter.com/zASqW6idG1

— Nick Amador (@NickAmadorTV) December 13, 2018


"We can confirm that there was an incident with one of our trucks this morning, which we are investigating," Brinks said in a statement.

While detectives are looking into the wrecks, there's no word yet on if they are attempting to track down motorists who took advantage of the situation. They are asking anyone with information on the incident to call them. 

Approx 8:30am ERPD received calls of an armored truck spilling cash along Rt 3 West, motorists exited vehicles attempting to remove cash causing multiple MV Crashes. Detectives are investigating. We ask any person with info or video of this incident, call ERPD 201-438-0165

— East Rutherford Police (@ERutherfordPD) December 13, 2018

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