Two people have been arrested for allegedly grabbing cash after more than a million dollars in 20 and one dollar bills flew out of an armoured truck.
The truck was on its way to San Diego in California on November 20 when money fell out of it along Interstate Five in the Carlsbad area.
According to the Associated Press, traffic was stopped and people raced to grab the cash.
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One woman posted a video on social media of people scooping up money off the road.
People gathered piles of cash and threw it in the air while expressing their shock at the incident.
One man held piles of money in both his hands and ran up to the camera screaming with excitement.
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California Highway Patrol (CHP) eventually shutdown the highway and cleared the scene.
CHP Sergeant Curtin Martin told the San Diego Union-Tribune "one of the doors popped open and bags of cash fell out".
He said "one of the bags broke apart, and there was cash all over the lanes."
Police arrested two people at the scene.
Sergeant Martin said it was illegal to collect the money and authorities would be investigating anyone that didn't return the bills.
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It remains unclear exactly how much money was lost.
But Sergeant Martin said there was at least $1.3 million in the truck.
"There's a lot of video evidence of people stealing the cash," Sergeant Martin said.
Investigations are continuing with the the CHP working with the FBI out of San Diego.
