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The streets are “paved with gold.”; Brinks crash spills millions in coins

Mar 30th, 2012 by capitaladmin

oops.
The crash also triggered a chain reaction, four other vehicles crumpled into each other.  One of them, a truck full of candy.

South Porcupine community services officer Const. Marc Depatie to CTV News. He said that passers-by have not been tempted to help themselves to a few extra dollars. ‘We are going to be using magnets and other less sophisticated means of collecting the cargo. He told cbc.ca that the rock ‘acted as a can opener,’ effectively peeled the side of the truck back, allowing coins to catapult onto the highway.

Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2122781/It-vehicular-carnage–5MILLION-coins-spill-highway-horror-crash.html

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/world/Copy_of_crash-sends-millions-of-canadian-coins-candy-onto-highway1333108079952#ixzz1qbyerUAk

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