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It just keeps getting worse:
The Florida Highway Patrol has closed part of Interstate 95 after a truck carrying $187,000 worth of nickels crashed and scattered coins across the road, killing one person.The highway patrol says the tractor-trailer was carrying the nickels from Philadelphia to Miami when it apparently rear-ended another truck early Wednesday. Authorities say a passenger in the truck with the coins was killed and both drivers were hospitalized.
Authorities say so many nickels spilled out that the highway is sparkling in the Florida sun.
Comments (7)
You know what really makes this story, the fact that they were nickels. It's so, picayune.
Posted by PopTart | September 17, 2008 10:22 AMSo were there any dimes? Or was the person just nickeled to death?
Posted by So sad, but have to do it | September 17, 2008 10:26 AMWhat happens when they have a massive coin-spill? Do they bring in a giant CoinStar machine?
Posted by The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver | September 17, 2008 10:33 AMThis is bad and good;
1. The reduced amount of nickles makes you money more valuable
Posted by Bellevue Ave | September 17, 2008 10:37 AM2. There is less money to go around that might be needed by a company or person elsewhere.
should we be wary of change now?
Posted by infrequent | September 17, 2008 11:08 AMThat's not the change we need.
Posted by a Floridian | September 17, 2008 11:58 AMIt’s your Nickel, Watch it Work.
Posted by DJSauvage | September 17, 2008 12:14 PMComments Closed
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