Armored truck spills 'snow globe of cash'

HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Dozens of drivers stopped to grab fistfuls of money after thousands of dollars spilled from an armored truck along a Maryland highway Friday and created what one motorist called a big "snow globe of cash."

Heather Kelly said she was driving on Interstate 270 when she passed through the surreal scene about 35 miles northwest of Washington. She said she didn't see an armored truck, but she did see two clear plastic bags of currency along the road and about 30 cars parked on both shoulders by people trying to collect the money.

"It was in the traffic lanes and on the shoulders and just generally kind of like a snow globe of cash," she said. "Some people had fists full of money, fists full of dollars, and other people were just still trying to collect."

The two bags contained about $5,700 and fell out of an unsecured truck door, Maryland State Police Sgt. Mark Cummings said. The motorists who stopped were able to snatch up almost all the money, he said. Police urged them to return it to state police, with no questions asked and no charges filed. The truck was operated by Montreal-based Garda World Security Services Corp.-- AP