Money flies from armored truck, good samaritan turns it in

By Jaime Thomas

It’s everybody’s fantasy: You’re driving behind an armored truck when it hits a bump and suddenly money, a lot of money, is swirling around you.

For Pember Library and Museum Director Pat Wesner it was a reality on Tuesday morning.

As she was driving north of Salem along Route 22 on her way to work, an armored truck passed her.

“Just as I was thinking, ‘wouldn’t it be funny if the door popped open and money fell out?’ the truck hit [...]

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