Nipfisher Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) Story Yep, that is all Toonies and Loonies on the road and shoulder. A crash of a Brink's tractor-trailer in northeastern Ontario this morning seriously injured the two occupants, and scattered millions of dollars in Canadian coins on the highway and in the nearby bush. The crash happened on Highway 11, south of Ramore, north of Kirkland Lake, when the tractor-trailer collided with a rock cut in Benoit Township around 4 a.m. It also caused a series of chain-reaction collisions that involved a minivan and two other tractor-trailer units. Ontario Provincial Police closed the highway from Matheson to Kenogami, and said it would remain that way for several hours. One occupant of the Brink's vehicle was taken to Bingham Memorial Hospital in Matheson and the other was taken to a Kirkland Lake hospital. Both men remain in hospital with life-threatening injuries. South Porcupine OPP described the "debris field," made up of millions of dollars in Canadian coins, as "massive." The load consisted of loonies and toonies, but the exact value of the money strewn in the area of the crash wasn't immediately known. The driver of the minivan was uninjured, but the drivers of the other tractor-trailer units sustained minor injuries. They have since been released from the hospital. Magnetic cranes to be brought in OPP officer Mark Andrews said Brink's is looking at bringing in a magnetic crane from a nearby scrap yard to pick up the millions in coins. They may use front-end loaders to scoop up dirt, which will be sifted through at another location later. Andrews also said off-duty OPP officers have been hired to help Brink's staff ward off any potential coin scavenging in the area. One of the tractor-trailer units was reportedly carrying candy, which was also strewn across the crash site. Const. Marc Depatie from South Porcupine OPP said visibility could have been a factor in the collision. "This is the first occurrence that I'm aware of where a collision has occurred where the actual load [of Canadian currency] has been compromised," he said. Police said Highway 101 remains open to east-west traffic. Police recommend southbound or cross-country traffic use Highway 655 to Timmins, and then continue south to Sudbury on Highway 144. The opposite route is recommended for northbound traffic or westbound, cross-country traffic. Edited March 28, 2012 by Nipfisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) hey, that's the photo my local source sent me this morning! That magnet should work pretty good. No hardhats? Tsk tsk here are a few more Edited March 28, 2012 by Rod Caster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutdoorDan Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hopefully the drivers will pull though okay. I really hate to say this about something that involves an accident - but man this is fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopheraaron Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Reminds me of that scene in groundhog day when Bill Murray takes the bags of quarters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptackle Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hmmm....The story I read said 9 million bucks. Wonder if Nip & RC are actually reporting live if not somewhat weighted down..... Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipfisher Posted March 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hmmm....The story I read said 9 million bucks. Wonder if Nip & RC are actually reporting live if not somewhat weighted down..... Michael 9 million was in the trailer, approximately 4 million was spilled on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipper D Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 Not very often i get to hear of cousin Marc out there either . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) Obviously hopefully everyone recovers...but seriously who hasn't thought of a scenario similar to this... But damn twonies? Lets just say you drove by and noone was hurt and noone was around and you scooped up say 20k worth of toonies. What the heck would you do with them? You couldn't bank it duh. I guess you could spend it at the dollar store toonie at a time. Crazy times I tell yah. I mean the sheer logistics of trying to spend 4 million dollars in toonies that you couldn't put in the bank. Its insane.Even if you safely spent 10 dollars a day in toonies. thats 1095 years to spend it all. This is crazy. Damn. I mean clearly noone wold take money from an accident, but if you actually sit and think about it. Its just boggling my mind. Imagine being a millionaire and having to live off of toonies. ROFL Edited March 28, 2012 by jedimaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 how many toonies are in a shovel full? oh man I gotta watch a hockey game or something I am going crazy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 . I mean clearly noone wold take money from an accident, don't be so sure about that. Money, soap, oxycodin's, lumber... whatever is "free" people will take. I've seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
206 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 9 million in coins would put the load way over limit...4 million in coins is reasonable, either way interesting situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky or Specks Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Obviously hopefully everyone recovers...but seriously who hasn't thought of a scenario similar to this... But damn twonies? Lets just say you drove by and noone was hurt and noone was around and you scooped up say 20k worth of toonies. What the heck would you do with them? You couldn't bank it duh. I guess you could spend it at the dollar store toonie at a time. Crazy times I tell yah. I mean the sheer logistics of trying to spend 4 million dollars in toonies that you couldn't put in the bank. Its insane.Even if you safely spent 10 dollars a day in toonies. thats 1095 years to spend it all. This is crazy. Damn. I mean clearly noone wold take money from an accident, but if you actually sit and think about it. Its just boggling my mind. Imagine being a millionaire and having to live off of toonies. ROFL A few years ago a truck full of loonies and toonies was stolen in TO @ 2 mill worth if I recall its never turned up Im sure they found some way to spend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassAsin Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 61 674 lbs is what 4 million in loonies would weigh in at. So 9 mil would put it over limit for sure, hope all recover fully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTHM Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Totally untraceable. A couple rolls here a couple rolls there..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 4 million in rolls is a lot of rolls. 50 bucks a roll. That's what 80000 rolls of toonies? Even over 50 years that's about 5 rolls per day. 200 bucks a day in toonies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.brock Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 get the gold pans and sluice boxes out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillM Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Real life Alaskan Gold Rush! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunatic Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 scrooge mcduck lived off of coins. also swam in them from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyb Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 scrooge mcduck lived off of coins. also swam in them from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckymcd Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 scrooge mcduck lived off of coins. also swam in them from time to time. hahahaha that is the greatest thing ive heard in a long time. Well played! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 My luck I'd roll up in the wifes van and have the 3/4 ton at home. Hope all are ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) So lets say you have your 1500 and you can put in what 2k pounds in the bed? Maybe stretch it out to 2500 pounds.... So lets see here a toonie weigh 7.2 grams, 2500 pound converted to grams 1133980 grams, divided by 7.2 grams, thats 157497 toonies Thats 6300 rolls of toonies Over 20 years.... 315 per year. So less than a roll per day.... Ok I think a pickup truck full of toonies would be ok. hmm so at 7.99per pack plus tac for senko's that 34921 packs of senkos. Edited March 29, 2012 by jedimaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipfisher Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Here is the latest update. Seems only 3 million was spilled. Video included. Update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktail Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 But what about the candy.........mmmmmmmmmmm candy......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burtess Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 After they are done with their magnet maybe I should hit the ditches with my metal detector.... going to be quite a bit missed I think... Burt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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