Hundreds of Thousands of Pennies Spill Across Oklahoma Highway

KOTV-TV:

Hundreds of thousands of pennies on a Tulsa highway prompted the Oklahoma Highway Patrol to close down the northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 75 from 41^st Street South to the 23^rd Street exit.

The OHP says a Loomis armored truck lost the pennies when a back door of the truck opened up, spilling boxes of pennies onto the roadway where Highway 75 and I-244 merge.

Troopers say as the truck rounded a curve boxes of pennies shifted, causing the door to open and the pennies to fall out.  At first troopers said about a dozen boxes fell out but later increased the estimate to 40.  Each box holds $25 of pennies so that adds up to about $1,000.