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8 Million Dimes Strewn Across Nevada Desert by Crash

8 Million Dimes Strewn Across Nevada Desert by Crash
Ripped-open bags of coins spill from demolished truck. (Nevada Highway Patrol)

Thursday, 10 May 2018 09:06 AM EDT

$800,000 in dimes -- that's 8 million of them -- were strewn across the desert when a semi-trailer truck hauling the coins demolished itself in a crash on a Nevada interstate near Las Vegas.

State troopers established a crime scene so a recovery team could try collect all the dimes,

The Nevada Highway Patrol said the truck was heading south on I-15 about 50 miles from Las Vegas when it hit a guard rail in the early morning. Photos showed the truck on its side, crumpled and split open.

KSNV-TV reported the truck was hauling the money under a contract with the U.S. Treasury Department when it dumped the load and several bags split open.

The driver and a passenger were taken to a hospital. Their injuries weren't considered life-threatening.

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$800,000 in dimes -- that's 8 million of them -- were strewn across the desert when a semi-trailer truck hauling the coins demolished itself in a crash on a Nevada interstate near Las Vegas.
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