Truck Carrying $800,000 In Quarters Catches Fire, Spills Load Onto Highway...
Associated Press:
A truck carrying tons of quarters caught fire Tuesday and spilled most of them on a highway, where workers used heavy equipment, shovels and buckets to scoop up the singed coins.
The driver said the truck carried 39,000 pounds of new Kansas quarters, part of the U.S. Mint's state coin series, that were worth some $800,000, said Police Chief Michael Putnam.
First Posted: 09-13-05 11:05 PM | Updated: 03-28-08 02:43 AM