Part A . Please choose the right option
In – On Tuesday before sunset a side door of an armored Garda truck suddenly opened in – on an Atlanta highway. A swirl of cash — and a lot of it — blew - blows through the air and bought - brought
traffic to a halt and people into the street.
About $175,000 in bills spilled out and was - were carried away by the wind over a section of
Interstate 285, which encircles – encircled Atlanta. The bills scattered to the shoulder
of the six-lane westbound section of the highway. Bills blow - blew into the
woods or sank - sought into storm drains.
More that - than a dozen
commuters scooped up bills from the pavement and returned to their vehicles
with fistfuls, and sometimes armloads, of cash.
Police officers received a 911 call around 8 p.m. in – on Tuesday about people “frantically” scooping up money near the exit along the highway, which is bordered by creek beds, trees
and office towers.
In - By the time officers arrived,
people who had pulled over to grab the loot was - were nowhere to
be seen.
“People likely saw the police lights came - coming over the highway,” Sergeant Parsons said.
“‘Oops, time to go! Police are here! Party’s over!’”
About $200 was - were retrieved
from the highway and surrounding woods — a small fraction of the estimated
$175,000 believed to have gone missing, or into people’s pockets.
Detectives were trying to – were trying
contact drivers by looking up -for license plate
numbers . in – on cellphone videos that had been posted on – in social media. But Sergeant Parsons said that the
authorities had any - no intention of prosecuting anyone - no one who returns the
money.
“No harm, no foul,” he said. “But you need to turn that
money out - in. While we certainly understand the temptation,
it’s still theft and the money may - should be
returned.”
Part B . Ask questions so as to get the underlined
answers
“I just saw a cloud full of what looked like leaves,”
Randrell Lewis, 26, an Uber
Eats driver said in an interview. “No, it was money. I could not believe my
eyes. I am not going to lie. The first thing I did was to pull over and then I started picking up some money.
Everybody started pulling over and it was crazy. If the temptation is there,
and you see money falling from the sky, most people would probably take the
money”.
The police said that on Wednesday he returned $2,094 in singles, fifties and hundreds.
“I just wanted to really make sure I am
not going to get in trouble for this,” Randrell Lewis said.
The nation’s highways have been accidentally generous
before. In 2004, an armored truck carrying $2
million flipped over on the New Jersey Turnpike during the evening rush,
spilling tens of thousands of dollars in coins.
Last year,
the back door of a Brink’s armored truck swung open during the morning rush on
Interstate 70 near Indianapolis, losing an estimated $600.000 in cash
onto the highway.
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| Dunwoody Police Department |
Article from The New York Times (edited)
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