$200,000 In Nickels Scattered On I-95 When U.S. Treasury Big Rig Crashes

[The Straight Story]

$200,000 In Nickels Scattered On I-95 When U.S. Treasury Big Rig Crashes
Security Guard Killed In Crash


MIMS, Fla. -- A big rig carrying nearly $200,000 worth of nickels crashed, killing one person and scattering the massive load of coins across Interstate 95.

"They've approximated $187,000 worth of nickels that were strewn across southbound I-95 southbound," Local 6 traffic reporter Kim Sanders said. "We are hearing that one of the trucks was a U.S. Treasury truck transporting nickels from Philadelphia down to Miami."

Police said two rigs apparently collided in the southbound lanes on I-95 near county Road 5A just before Wednesday morning rush hour.

"Some parts of this tractor-trailer are not even recognizable," Sanders said. "It almost looks like the trailer portion was ripped in half."

http://www.local6.com/news/17493097/detail.html

[xchrom]

1. i am never in the right place at the right time. nt

[ITsec]

2. "If I had a nickel for every time a big rig crashed"

3,740,000. That's a lot of nickels.

[valerief]

3. A nickel ain't worth a plug nickel anymore. nt

[Cassandra]

4. Isn't picking up those nickels...

stoop labor that Americans won't do?