**BREAKING: Texas Road Chaos: 8 MILLION Dimes Spill Across Highway, Crews Scramble to Clean Up Coin Chaos!**
In a bizarre incident that has left residents of small town, Texas, scratching their heads, a tractor-trailer carrying a staggering 8 MILLION Dimes – that’s $800,000 worth of loose change – overturned on a major highway yesterday, sending the shiny coins flying in every direction.
Eyewitnesses described the scene as “absolute pandemonium” as the truck, traveling from the local mint, lost its cargo of copper and silver coins, blanketing the road in a sea of clinking, spinning metal.
“It was like a giant game of ‘Simon Says’ out there!” exclaimed local resident, Jane Doe. “People were picking up coins left and right, but then they’d slip and fall because their hands were so slippery from all the copper!”
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) sprang into action, deploying a team of highly trained “Coin- wranglers” to corral the errant change.
“We’ve never seen anything like it,” said TxDOT spokesperson, Bob Smith. “Our team was equipped with nothing but duct tape, brooms, and a lot of patience. It took us hours to clean up the mess, but we’re just glad no one was seriously hurt… except for one guy who tried to swallow a dime and now has a nasty case of ‘coin- induced’ indigestion.”
As crews worked tirelessly to sweep up the coins, motorists were treated to a surreal sight: a highway awash in a tidal wave of copper and silver.
“It was like driving through a giant, shiny, metallic ocean,” said one commuter. “I half-expected to see a giant, inflatable coin surfing down the highway!”
The clean-up effort was complicated by reports of coin-hunters attempting to scoop up as many dimes as possible, sparking a series of high-speed chases and near-misses.
“We had to set up a ‘coin-perimeter’ to keep people from getting too close to the scene,” said TxDOT’s Smith. “It was like a real-life game of ‘Treasure Hunt’ out there!”
The Texas Department of Transportation has estimated that it will take several days to clean up the remaining coins, and local businesses are already capitalizing on the unusual incident.
“We’re offering a special ‘Dime-a-Day’ discount for customers who come in with a pocket full of change,” said owner of the local diner, Sue Johnson. “It’s been a wild ride, but we’re just glad to be a part of Texas history!”
In related news, the price of dimes has skyrocketed on the black market, and local coin collectors are offering top dollar for any “pre- spill” dimes that may have been “accidentally” swept up.
