Brother, can you spare 8 million dimes?
A Texas highway was shut down all day after nearly $800,000 worth of dimes burst free after an 18-wheeler overturned around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Video shows work crews painstakingly clearing the dimes off the side of US 287 in Alvord, a cleanup effort that took around 14 hours.
Road crews worked to hoover up as much of the loose change as they could, even deploying large trucks equipped with industrial-strength vacuums. FOX 4 News
An 18-wheeler that was hauling dimes overturned on U.S. 81/287 near Alvord High School, in Alvord, Texas, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. APThe Texas Department of Public Safety said the spillage occurred when the driver veered off the roadway and overcorrected, causing the truck to roll onto its side, Fox 4 News reported.
The roadway ended up being closed until approximately 7 p.m. as workers used shovels and brooms and shop vacs to suck up the deluge of 10-cent pieces. Video even showed one worker picking them up by hand one by one.
The cleanup effort even deployed what appear to be leaf-sucking trucks to hoover up the errant coins, photos taken at the scene show.
It was not immediately clear why the truck was carrying $800,000 in loose dimes. FOX 4 News
The spillage occurred when a truck veered off the roadway and flipped on its side. FOX 4 News
The cleanup effort took about 14 hours. Austin Jackson/Wise County Messenger
The roadway reopened at around 7 p.m. after the cleanup effort was finished. Austin Jackson/Wise County Messenger
A United States Armored Co. employee tossing a clump of dirt saturated in dimes. Austin Jackson/Wise County MessengerThe truck driver and a passenger were brought to a local hospital with minor injuries, the outlet wrote.
It was not immediately clear why the truck was carrying some 40,000 pounds of loose dimes, nor was it known whether they were all recovered.
