The southbound lanes of interstate 95 in east-central Florida are shut down after two tractor trailers crashed this morning, killing one person and spilling the contents of one of the rigs, $187,000 in nickels.
The Florida Highway Patrol said one truck rear-ended another at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, causing the first truck to run off the road and the second to overturn, spilling its contents of some 3 million nickels on the road. The truck carrying the coins was headed from Philadelphia to the U.S. Treasury in Miami.
A passenger in the first truck died at the scene, and the drivers of both rigs were taken to area hospitals.
Officials said that section of the interstate will be closed until all the nickels are collected.