Malaysian motorists risked their lives to scoop up
thousands of coins spilled on a highway after the vehicle carrying
the currency overturned, according to reports.
Dozens of people abandoned their cars along the side of the
North-South Expressway, one of the country's main transport
arteries, and frantically filled their pockets, helmets and plastic
bags with the coins.
The melee caused a traffic jam on either side of the overturned
four-wheel drive vehicle, which left 70,000 ringgit (nearly
$23,000) in coins strewn across the road on Tuesday.
"Fortunately, both of us escaped with minor injuries," said
28-year-old driver Zairulhisham Mansor, who along with a friend had
been transporting the coins to shops in the resort town of
Malacca.
The New Straits Times said that the coin-hunters ignored police
demands to clear the road.