$800,000 in dimes spills onto North Texas highway

The Brief U.S. 287 was shut down all day in Alvord because of a crash involving an 18-wheeler that was hauling dimes. Roughly $800,000 in dimes ended up scattered on the roadway. Crews worked for about 14 hours to pick up all the loose change that spilled onto the highway.

Crews worked for hours on Tuesday to clean up a truckload of dimes that spilled onto U.S. Highway 287 in Wise County.

The Alvord Fire Department confirmed the dimes spilled from an 18-wheeler that overturned on Hwy. 287 near Alvord High School around 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said the driver veered off the roadway, overcorrected and then rolled onto its side.

Roughly $800,000 or 8 million dimes were scattered on the roadway.

The highway was shut down until about 7 p.m. so that crews could recover all the loose change.

The driver and a passenger were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

It’s not yet clear why the 18-wheeler was carrying millions of loose dimes.

Images from SKY 4 showed some workers scooping up piles of dirt and coins with a shovel. Other workers used a vacuum cleaner to suck up the coins. One person appeared to be picking up dimes by hand.

There's no word on where the dimes were headed or if they were all recovered.