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Don't ever underestimate the power of pocket money. A tractor-trailer carrying $187,000 in nickels en route from the U.S. Mint crashed on a Florida interstate this week, scattering piles of change across the highway and killing one person.

The nickel incident happened when the money truck rear-ended another semi and then overturned, scattering more than 3 million nickels across the interstate. The shiny spill backed up traffic for hours and sent drivers from both trucks to the hospital.

Sadly, there'll be no swimming through piles of money, Scrooge McDuck-style -- Treasury officials said they'll be picking up every last cent.

Check out our gallery of other bizarre highway spills.

Truck Spills

    Thank God there were Nacho Cheese AND Cool Ranch. No one should have to choose.

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    Which came first? This spill...?

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    ...or this one?

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    After this garlic spill, a haz-mat team was called in to hose down the road with Listerine.

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    Maybe the driver of this glue truck was trying to trip up Speed Racer. Foiled again!

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    "American Idol" auditions? Or massive pile of raw stinky ham?

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    Now if we could only arrange a deep-dish pizza spill, we'd never leave this Canadian back road.

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    Last spill too filling for you? Try this lite beer spill instead.

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    There were many tears shed over this spill...

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    ...but no use crying over this one.

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