Chaos on New Jersey highway as armored truck spills CASH all over road

Chaos on New Jersey highway as armored truck spills CASH all over road during morning commute and drivers leap from vehicles to scoop up money causing multiple crashes

  • Video shows cash swirling on Route 3 in New Jersey on Thursday morning
  • Brinks armored truck is seen pulled over on the shoulder spilling cash behind
  • Drivers scrambled from their vehicles to grab the loose bills on the road 
  • Police say several crashes resulted as drivers stopped in middle of highway

Bystander video has revealed the chaos that ensued after an armored truck spilled cash all over a highway in New Jersey during the morning commute.

Journalist Sabrina Quagliozzi shot video of the perplexing incident, which occurred on Thursday morning on westbound Route 3 in East Rutherford, near the Meadowlands sports complex. 

The East Rutherford police department said that around 8.30am, multiple 911 callers reported an armored truck spilling cash on the highway.

‘Motorists exited vehicles attempting to remove cash’ causing several multi-vehicle crashes, the department said in a statement.  

The video shows a Brinks armored truck pulled over on the shoulder of the highway

A man in what appears to be a Brinks uniform is seen scrambling to pick up bills

A man in what appears to be a Brinks uniform is seen scrambling to pick up bills

The bills were strewn across the highway for hundreds of feet behind the armored truck

The bills were strewn across the highway for hundreds of feet behind the armored truck

The video shows a Brinks armored truck pulled over on the shoulder of the highway with its emergency flashers on. 

The truck does not have any visible body damage from a crash. 

Littering the road behind the truck is a trail of cash, with bills blowing across lanes in the cold December wind. 

A man in what appears to be a Brinks uniform is seen scrambling to pick up bills, looking sheepishly at traffic passing the the opposing lanes.  

Passengers began stopping in the middle of the highway and getting out of their cars

Passengers began stopping in the middle of the highway and getting out of their cars

Police say there were several crashes caused by people stopping on the highway to collect cash. One sedan with serious front end damage is seen above

Police say there were several crashes caused by people stopping on the highway to collect cash. One sedan with serious front end damage is seen above

 Drivers scrambled to collect the loose bills as they blew across the highway

 Drivers scrambled to collect the loose bills as they blew across the highway

Several hundred feet behind the truck, a sedan is seen with significant front-end damage and deployed airbags.

Many people are seen sprinting across the highway trying to collect the loose cash. 

As the bus that Quagliozzi is riding in passes in the opposing lanes, passengers comment on the incredible sight. 

‘Wow, unbelievable. Where is this cash coming from?’ says one passenger on the bus.

Pandemonium ensued on the highway as people tried to collect the loose cash

Pandemonium ensued on the highway as people tried to collect the loose cash

Brinks declined to comment on the incident and police are investigating

Brinks declined to comment on the incident and police are investigating

‘This is super dangerous. Everybody’s just out of their car picking up money,’ another says. 

In a statement to DailyMail.com, Brinks said that the company is investigating the incident and declined to comment further. 

The East Rutherford Police Department says detectives are investigating the incident. 



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