Sticky Business: $5M Scattered on Highway After Collision Involving an Armored Car and a Van Full of Candy
- Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:59am by
Becket Adams
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At approximately 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, local time, a Brinks tractor-trailer carrying about $5 million in Canadian money was involved in a massive collision on a stretch of Ontario highway.
“[The] fully-loaded Brinks tractor-trailer crossed the centre line…slamming into a rock cut,” CTV News reports. “That impact triggered a series of collisions that ultimately involved another two tractor-trailers, one of which was packed with candy, and a minivan.”
The crash put the two Brinks drivers in the hospital with life threatening injuries and scattered about $5 million dollars worth of gold and silver and a truckload of candy on the highway.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have closed the highway (for obvious reasons) and say that it will remain closed until the wreckage is cleared and the money recovered.
Watch the news update via CBC News Canada:
South Porcupine OPP described the “debris field,” made up of millions of dollars in Canadian coins, as “massive.” The exact value of the money scattered throughout the area is unknown.
Const. Marc Depatie from South Porcupine OPP believes visibility was a factor in the massive collision.
“This is the first occurrence that I’m aware of where a collision has occurred where the actual load [of Canadian currency] has been compromised,” he said, adding that they would be using “magnets and other less sophisticated means of collecting the cargo.”
(H/T: jalopnik)
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tylertxsteve
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 9:27pmquestion…how are they picking gold up with a electromagnet? that is a gold test gold. if it sticks…its not gold or its gf.?????
Report Post »tylertxsteve
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 9:21pmi got just one question….how are they picking up gold with a electromagnet. gold cant be picked up with a mag.???????
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 6:28pmOh he!!–take the money and run!
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:04pmPrayers for the recovery of the injured parties. As an aside, I would go for the candy.
Report Post »TROONORTH
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 7:51pmOur Canadian Dollar and two Dollar coins are a steel core coin. There was no silver coin involved as Canada hasn’t had silver coins in circulation for years. I live about 40 miles from the scene of the crime so if I don‘t post here for a little while it is because I have gone ’fishing’. And yes, the Canadian dollar is worth more than it’s American cousin, largely due to the fiscal programmes of our good CONSERVATIVE government.
Report Post »ANOTHERCONSERVATIVEBRONY
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:28pmCandy… Money… DON’T MAKE ME CHOOSE.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:00pmI can’t imagine magnetic coins being worth much.
Report Post »supressorgrid
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:56pmYa’ll get the money, I will get the Snickers!
Report Post »bondroid
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:28pmLmAo!!
Report Post »its_the_economy_stupid
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:56amGold is gold baby…about time for a winter road trip….
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 10:32am.
Report Post »I’d be on the ground picking up the chocolate.
Keeper_Of_Odd_Knowledge
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 9:30am$5 million all over the street, and I stop for $100 Grand… What is wrong with me?
Report Post »bassist237
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 9:18amcool! I always wanted a pinata full of money! ;)
Report Post »boblo1957
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:10amIf this happened in “THE GETT HO” people would be dead right now!
Report Post »KusoJiJi
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:55amif my television splattered memory is serving me correctly, wasn’t this how the Reeses Peanut Butter Cup was invented?
Report Post »ThatCatGirl
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 6:52amLife Saver type candy? or Chocolate type candy?
It makes a difference, ya know.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:55amExcept for the unfortunate injuries, what about this isn’t the best kinda dream ever, that is until you realize that the currency is not only Canadian, but in coins…magnetic Canadian coins. That’s when you decide that this dream sucks. Can’t even get a pop from the vending machine to wash down all of the delicious candy.
Report Post »HammiSanz
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:32amIs it bad that I’d be running for the candy before the money?
Report Post »Dad_Saint_Tech
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 3:21amI am the only one who found it odd that the money is ferrous?
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 3:36amExactly. They’re going to pick up the gold and silver with magnets? …Rigggght
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 3:44amThat was my FIRST thought. Ferris metal coins. Then I thought, “what a reward for taking this highway”.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 5:02amTake a Magnet… and check your Money!
Report Post »bbdarthchris077
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:32amI was going to post why can that not happen around where I live until I found it was Canadian money. Is that stuff worth the time picking up?
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 3:00amCanada’s currency is not sinking the way ours is. But then they are not borrowing the incredible amounts that we are. The US is now buying 60% of the treasury notes that we sell. This is called monetizing our debt. This is something that Fed chairman Bernanke swore to congress he would never do. Monetizing our debt is just a fancy way of saying that we are printing money without the presses. It causes inflation. Under the Obama administration, the calculation for inflation was changed to remove food and energy. No wonder they claim the current inflation rate is only 2%. None of the big wigs in our government does their own shopping nor buys their own gas, so small wonder they do not know how ridiculous their claim is. We know though. Another word for it is lying.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:59amThe last that I check… their Money was worth more than ours!
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:40amI US Dollar = .9984 Canadian Dollars based on todays exchange rate
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 12:44pmYou are right. Glenn has been talking about this for years..V Germany..wheelbarrow full of paper money to buy a loaf of bread. @shasta
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:16amMmmmm… Candy!
Report Post »Latter-Day-Soldier
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:12amWhat a mess
Report Post »Dad_Saint_Tech
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 3:25am@VII
Soooo… are you referring to the drivers or the clean up crew… ’cause this article is about a cash truck smacking a candy truck and the mess it makes.
Tangent much?
Report Post »MooseyStuff
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 1:54pm@VII
WTF??? Jesus Christ, take a chill pill.
Report Post »Latter-Day-Soldier
Posted on March 30, 2012 at 3:04amHey VII, was it something I said?
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on April 3, 2012 at 11:51amHe [VII] is flooding the comments section of multiple news stories. Nothing he is posting appears to be a relevant “comment” so just report the loon.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:08amI wonder if the candy was skittles .. ???
Report Post »Latter-Day-Soldier
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 2:12amTASTE ThE RAINBOW!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 3:19amUntil I learned it was Canadian money I figured it was Obama using chocolates coated in gold foil to replace all the gold bars in Fort Knox…
Bad joke.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 4:56am@SNOW…
Report Post »Ever drive by the Depository at Ft Knox? The Parking lot is empty… except for a couple of security guards! WHAT GOLD… are you talking about?