Plane carrying millions in cash crashes onto highway in Bolivia (2 photos + 2 videos)
A true Hollywood action movie took place in Bolivia, with a tragic ending and a rain of bills that nearly drove the locals crazy. 
In the city of El Alto, near La Paz, a military Lockheed C-130 decided the runway was too boring and flew straight onto a busy highway. Everything would have been fine (if you can call an air crash that way), but the plane turned out to be literally stuffed with freshly printed money commissioned by the local Central Bank. 
Imagine the scene: smoking rubble, wrecked cars on the highway, and hundreds of thousands of brand-new Bolivianos swirling above all this splendor. Local residents, forgetting their instincts for self-preservation and morality, rushed to collect "manna from heaven" right from the asphalt. The situation escalated so much that rescuers couldn't get through the crowd of newly minted millionaires to reach the survivors. Ultimately, the military had to bring out water cannons and tear gas to disperse the freeloaders.
The outcome of this "money rush" is tragic: 15 fatalities have been reported so far, including the crew and the bystanders whose vehicles were hit by the multi-ton machine. Another thirty people were taken to hospitals with injuries of varying severity, some of them sustained in the stampede.
By the way, for those who managed to line their pockets and escape, the Central Bank of Bolivia has already issued an official "disappointment." It turns out these bills had not yet been put into circulation and are essentially just pretty pieces of paper. Now authorities are threatening criminal charges against anyone found in possession of these "souvenirs" from the crash site. Such is the irony of fate – free money, but no one can spend it.
