Ontario Highway Crash Scatters Millions In Coins, Candy (PHOTOS)
Police investigate the scene after a crash in northern Ontario, Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Millions of dollars in coins and a shipment of candy were scattered across the highway Wednesday following the crash of a Brinks tractor-trailer that seriously injured two people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO Ontario Provincial Police
First Posted: 03/28/2012 12:11 pmUpdated: 03/29/2012 2:58 pm
RAMORE, Ont. - Millions of dollars in coins and a shipment of candy were scattered across an Ontario highway Wednesday following the crash of a Brinks tractor-trailer that seriously injured two people.
Both of the men who were in the Brinks truck were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
The crash happened around 4 a.m. on Highway 11, north of Kirkland Lake in northeastern Ontario, when the truck crossed the centre line and collided with a rock face, said Ontario Provincial Police Const. Marc Depatie.
The crash also caused a number of chain-reaction collisions, but the injuries were minor, he said.
One of the trucks involved in the resulting crashes was carrying candy, he said.
That candy, along with $3 million to $5 million worth of loonies and toonies were strewn on the road and in the surrounding bush.
"There is a quantity of candy but it's not nearly as sizable as the debris field created by the loonies and toonies that are on the highway," Depatie said.
The highway was closed by police, who essentially stood guard until the money could be removed.
"A private contractor will be using magnets and other mechanisms to recover the dispersed load," but clearing up the wreckage remains the top priority, Depatie said.
Police said the road would likely remain off-limits until Wednesday evening while investigators look into what caused the crash.
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Well, at least this way, when Ontarians throw money away, there is entertainment value. That has to be worth something. It gets me thinking...
Instead of wasting hundreds of millions on one eHealth scandal after another, the Liberals should use helicopters to rain half the money they will be wasting. That would still save us half and reduce the deficit with the savings. Not to mention the fun of it all when we pick it up. That would be my main recommendation for the next budget.
huffffnpuffff: Well, at least this way, when Ontarians throw money away,
Cotton ! Have you know we spice it up same as everything else down here, right up to a touch of cocaine in most dollar bills! But really, its coins. I mean, they used to have SOME decent metal in them
Virtual_Deux: Cotton ! Have you know we spice it up same
Coins & candy? Sounds like I have died & gone to Grandparent heaven! (My grampa would always dig into his pocket & give me loonies & werthers caramel candies!)
canadagirl76: Coins & candy? Sounds like I have died & gone
Talk about walking into loads of money i could not imagine going down the street and seeing all this cash and candy it would seem surreal. i probly would stuff a couple loads in my pants, jacket, and shirt. i probly would call up my friends and say guess what i just found. it gets no better then cash and snacks it would be like a candanian version of heaven, but of course they cut it off to the public and i would never had a chance to run into the crash site. but the question i ask is what happen with the drivers ? and how did they crash? but anyway awesome story wish i couldve been there.
Myfuture_bright: Talk about walking into loads of money i could not
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First Posted: 03/28/2012 12:11 pm Updated: 03/29/2012 2:58 pm