Millions of dollars in Canadian coins have been scattered across a highway after a security truck hit rocks and toppled over, leaving two people with life-threatening injuries, police say.
The Brinks vehicle struck an outcropping near Ramore, Ontario, 635 kilometres northwest of the capital Ottawa, triggering a chain of collisions involving two oncoming trucks and a minivan.
The two people in the Brinks truck were taken to nearby hospitals with "life-threatening injuries," South Porcupine Ontario Provincial Police Constable Marc Depatie told AFP, stating that no one else was hurt.
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Police and Brinks staff, meanwhile, arrived at the crash site to secure the cargo, which was "strewn about the entire scene" and is estimated to be worth between Can$3.5 million ($A3.38 million) and Can$5 million, Depatie said.
"Some of the cargo, the Loonies and Toonies (one and two dollar coins), were dispersed up to and including the tree line of the highway," he said. "It's a rather significant debris field."
A private contractor would use magnets to recover as much of the cargo as possible. "It will be an onerous task," Depatie said by telephone from the crash scene.
