A fistful of dollars? Try a truck full.
Deputies are searching for $41,000 that reportedly went missing after a Brinks armored truck overturned in an accident earlier this week.
Money scattered from the Brinks truck when another vehicle crashed into it on Highway 52 in Lexington, N.C. The truck ran off the road, struck an embankment and flipped over shortly before the incident was reported at 9:25 p.m. Monday, according to the Lexington Dispatch.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol initially claimed that all of the truck’s money had been retrieved. But, during an audit, Brinks officials realized that the truck was short $41,000 and filed a report with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office late Tuesday night.
Brinks employees Michael Gerringer, 32, and John Baldwin, 23, were injured in the accident and transferred to the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. Baldwin was in good condition, but Gerringer, the driver, was in serious condition, according to hospital officials.
Mayda Brotons, 47, crashed into the truck while changing lanes in a Kia. Her vehicle swerved to the left and stopped on the median. She was charged with improper lane change and an insurance/registration violation, reported the Lexington Dispatch.
The cost to repair the Brinks truck is about $300,000, a highway patrol spokesperson estimated.
The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation into the incident.
Brinks Worldwide Headquarters did not respond to an interview request.
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