An Oregon driver made it rain on an area highway after he tossed out an estimated $200,000 from his family’s bank accounts “to bless others,” in line with reports.
State police said Colin Davis McCarthy, 38, had been chucking wads of $100 bills from his automobile’s window along Interstate 5 in Eugene, Oregon, on Tuesday, causing other drivers to decelerate and collect the unexpected windfall, Oregon State Police said.
After troopers positioned McCarthy’s automobile, the generous motorist told them that he was “doing well and desired to bless others with gifts of cash,” Oregon State Police told KVAL-TV.
Troopers, who were frightened that individuals in search of money at nighttime on the interstate could cause an accident, managed to persuade McCarthy to stop tossing the money.
He estimated that the spread around roughly $200,000 that night, which he had procured by emptying his family’s checking account, KEZI reported.
McCarthy currently shouldn’t be facing any charges, although troopers had considered slapping him with reckless endangerment or disorderly conduct.
“He might have been charged in a situation like this for danger being created due to his actions—disorderly conduct, potentially reckless endangering, but most definitely disorderly conduct,” Andrews said.
McCarthy’s family said that his decision to spread the wealth around has left them broke, and are asking anyone who picked up money earlier this week to return it.
Police ultimately can’t help the family because McCarthy’s name is on the account, Oregon State Police Lt. Jim Andrews said.
“Since it’s shared, they each have equal interests in the cash.”
