Police ask public to return money after Brinks truck dumps cash on I-70

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Police ask public to return money after Brinks truck dumps cash on I-70

May 3rd, 2018

Awake Goy

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. –Indiana State Police are asking anyone who found loose money on I-70 Wednesday money to return it.

A chaotic scene unfolded around 9:00am on westbound I-70, near Holt Road, when the back security door on a Brinks truck came open.

“Bags of money were falling out of the back onto the interstate,” said ISP Corporal Brock McCooe. “Sort of something out of a movie scene, where you have bills, loose bills flying all over the interstate, vehicles stopping, people getting out of their cars.”

Troopers at the scene initially said up to $600,000 had flown across the interstate, but police later said the exact amount was not known.

The Brinks truck driver told state police that another driver waved at him and pointed to the back of his truck, and that’s when he realized the door was not secure and had opened.

It’s not known whether the incident was the result of mechanical failure, or human error, police said.

Troopers say people were jumping over fences from the adjacent neighborhood to stuff their pockets with money.

“I guess it’s not every day you see thousands of dollars just floating around on the interstate during your morning commute,” McCooe said. “So it was pretty chaotic.”

McCooe said taking money from the scene was considered theft.