Think you’re having a bad day at work?
State police say drivers clamored to pick up cash on an interstate in Indianapolis after the back doors of a Brinks armored truck swung open and hundreds of thousands of dollars flew out. Troopers at the scene initially said up to $600,000 had flown across the interstate, but police later said the exact amount was not known, CBS affiliate WTTV reports.
A spokesman for the state police would like to mention to all those people who hopped fences and stopped cars to gather up money on I-70 that it’s not their money, so give it back, please. Do watch the video for the full effect, including the reaction off-screen when the cop talks about the school bus. I wonder how many takes that clip needed.
Moe Lane
PS: There are people giving the money back, which is indeed the ethical thing to do. I wouldn’t have taken any in the first place. But, geez: we’re talking about unmarked twenties. Good luck with the reclamation efforts there, guys.
I’m impressed with the people in the white pickup truck that managed to snag an entire *bag* of money.
Pft. “Amnesty”? Let’s talk about my finder’s fee.
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(Disclaimer: I’m nowhere near Indiana)
It’s always interesting when national news happens within 10 miles of your house.
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Right. I did this gig for another company in this very city about a year ago. I’m under an NDA so I can’t get too specific, but the entire story stinks.
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First, insurance limits the amount any armored car can carry to a number significantly less than that being claimed. This is externally imposed, and uniform (see caveat) across companies.
Caveat: Brinks here does actually have some rigs staffed by a single person. They’re significantly under 2 years old at the oldest, and insurance demands that the amount they can carry is much less.
Caveat the second: There’s a bit of leeway in the policy for runs to the FDIC/Mint, but those are staffed up the ying-yang with guards.
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Second, there’s a screaming alarm any time a door to the money compartment opens. And there are at least two mechanical safeties keeping the back door from coming open, even in the event of a major crash.
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Third, there’s a person back there in the compartment (almost certainly, but see about one-person rigs above). They’d kind of notice.
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Fourth, although the suspension sucks in the rigs, I-70 W is in pretty good shape, and would not bounce things around like that.
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Fifth, the way the trucks are loaded, bags of money cannot simply spill out the back, even if every safeguard is actively and deliberately violated.
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There’s more to the story. Count on it.
Yeah, I thought the bit about “we lost $600k, oh wait a minute, forget anybody said a number” had the whiff of either a) the number was embarrassing, and/or b) was making it inconvenient to lie about it the way they wanted to