Log in to WRAL.com with one click using your favorite social network:
OR
Log in using your WRAL.com account:



Wrong email/password combination.

Forgot password?

Register with WRAL.com using your favorite social network:
OR
Register for a WRAL.com account using our web form.

7:20 a.m. • 5-22-13

Weather Forecast for Raleigh

  • Today: Thunderstorm.
    • Hi: 86° F
  • Thu: Thunderstorm.
    • Hi: 83° F
  • Fri: Partly Cloudy.
    • Hi: 76° F

Other Locations

> 7 Day Forecast

Doppler Image

Published: 2000-12-07 06:00:00
Updated: 2000-12-07 06:00:00

Money Bag Falls Out Of Armored Truck, Causing Minor Fender-Benders


print friendly

It's everyone's fantasy, but it became reality on Friday. A bag of money flew out the doors of a Brinks truck on Wade Avenue, causing a couple of fender-benders.

Brinks' truck employees, with the help of DMV officers, were picking up the leftovers Friday afternoon. Moments earlier, there was a literal windfall of cash swirling over the windshields of surprised drivers.

"I couldn't tell what was going on in the road. I was just looking and when I looked up, the vehicle in front of me stopped. So I ran up into the back of it," says driver Lavoris Joyner.

"A bag of money apparently fell off the back of a Brinks truck and the lady back here was looking and collided with the Toyota that collided with the van," says state trooper T.L. Garner.

Garner charged Joyner with failure to reduce speed. While three cars lay wrecked on one side of the road, the Brinks truck rolled away unscathed with the money that could be found back in its armored hold.

Officials from Brinks say they do not know how much money was still missing. Brinks is a security service company that transports cash primarily for banks and other financial institutions.


0 Comments


WRAL.com welcomes your comments on this story. All comments are moderated prior to publication based on our posting guidelines. Please review them prior to posting and if your message is not approved.

View Comments 0 COMMENTS

This story is closed for comments. Comments on WRAL.com news stories are accepted and moderated between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.

View Comments 0 COMMENTS