$80,000 dropped from a bridge = chaos

An armored courier truck in Green Bay was traveling over a bridge about 7:25 a.m. when its rear doors popped open, allowing a bag of $20 bills to drop out.

As loose bills fluttered, motorists stopped in the middle of traffic to retrieve them by the fistful and then fled as squad cars arrived. The money was supposed to be delivered to businesses in the area.

About $8,000 remains unaccounted for. Someone claiming to be a college student reportedly phoned into a local radio talk show Wednesday morning to claim he recovered about $700 and wasn’t going to give it back, Urban said.

Police blocked off both lanes of the bridge for about a half-hour to halt the resulting traffic hazard and to help recover the loot.

The wind was officially about 7 mph at the National Weather Service, but possibly as high as 20 mph at the height of the bridge.

Many people voluntarily turned over the windfall, and police and courier workers recovered plenty, Urban said. All told, police and the company recovered about $72,000, he said.

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