while you were out playing flipcup last night...
GRINNELL, Iowa - Cars on both lanes of Interstate 80 stopped to weather a swirling blizzard, but it wasn't snow. It was cash.
An eastbound armored truck somehow lost its load Tuesday night, sending money into the wind. Cars in both lanes stopped and tried to help recover the money.
The truck crew realized the money was missing near a rest stop, said Lt. Rob Hansen, a spokesman for the Iowa State Patrol.
"They knew they lost it and stopped immediately and attempted to retrieve it," Hansen said. "They don't know how or why (it was lost)."
Officers stopped three cars east of the cash spill and authorities were investigating whether the occupants had taken some of the money.
"Some folks ... attempted to benefit from the situation," Hansen said.
Hansen could not say whether the loss was part of a robbery or some other attempt to take money from the armored truck.
"To my knowledge this was the loss of property of no one's overt attempt," he said.
Hansen said the money in the area has been cleaned up.
"There is no reason for anybody to head out there," he said.
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my one chance to pay off my student loans and i missed it!
Posted by: lw at August 20, 2003 08:33 PMNote: the authorities have indicated that there is absolutely NO REASON to head out there! (Where the hell is it? Who the hell cares?)
Posted by: Dustin at August 20, 2003 08:41 PM