Dollars flying from an armored vehicle on a California highway
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A video clip documented the moment large quantities of dollar bills, which were being carried by an armored truck transporting money, flew on one of the main roads in the US state of California.
And the clip circulating on "Twitter" explains that after road users saw dollars flying, they stopped their cars and blocked the road in order to collect as much money as they could.
The packets of cash fell from the vehicle, prompting two drivers to flock to take advantage of this unexpected opportunity.
However, the drivers' happiness did not last long, as the police arrived quickly to the place to restore the situation to normal and arrested two people who showed great greed in this incident.
"There are a lot of videos showing people stealing money on the highway by collecting it from the ground," California Highway Police Sergeant Curtis Martin told a news conference.
He confirmed that the money that fell from the vehicle is worth thousands of dollars and belongs to a bank and must be handed over to a police station.
The accident occurred after the armored vehicle's door opened unexpectedly near San Diego, not far from the border with Mexico.
Videos spread on social media show people stopping on the road and rushing to scoop green banknotes.
Some even threw it in the air like confetti.
An Instagram user wrote: "Have you seen this before? What would you do if this happened to you?"
The police have warned that they will use these videos to track down people who will not return the money they have illegally collected.
"It's better to be honest than to wait for us to find them and knock on their door," said Sergeant Martin.
Police at the scene stopped a man and a woman rushing to collect money, but they got stuck outside their car on the highway after they locked it by mistake with the key in it.
The American authorities commented on the video by saying that the reason for this amount of money was falling, because the armored door in the car suddenly opened and money bags fell from it, and one of the bags was torn, which led to it being scattered all over the highway.
California authorities said the dollar bills scattered across the road were primarily in denominations of $20 and $20.
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