Chicago: security truck drops money bags worth $300,000 on its rounds

Representatives of the security company returned to the street to find people making away with the money. Photograph: D Hurst/Alamy

A security truck in Chicago accidentally dropped several bags of cash on its rounds that resulted in scores of passersby making off with $300,000 as they scrambled to leave with the money lying on the street.

In a police report last week, the incident was described as beginning when the back door of the truck – operated by Brinks Home Security – “opened by unknown means” as it drove down South Austin Boulevard in the city.