An Oregon State Police cruiser approaches a checkpoint within the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on January 28, 2016 close to Burns, Oregon.

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An Oregon State Police cruiser approaches a checkpoint within the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on January 28, 2016 close to Burns, Oregon.

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Throwing cash out the window has a brand new that means.

Authorities in Oregon say a driver was hurling money out of his car on Tuesday, leaving the roadside reportedly suffering from $100 payments and prompting drivers in each instructions to cease and acquire the notes.

The Oregon State Police and different native businesses obtained calls round 7:23 p.m. native time about cash “floating” on Interstate 5 close to the south finish of Eugene, an OSP spokesperson mentioned in an emailed assertion.

Responding troopers recognized the motive force as 38-year-old Colin Davis McCarthy of Eugene.

McCarthy defined his largesse by telling troopers that he wished to “gift” the cash — roughly $200,000, he estimated. Authorities mentioned there was no technique to affirm how a lot dough McCarthy tossed.

Troopers requested McCarthy to cease throwing cash onto the roadway as a result of it was making a site visitors hazard, and he agreed. No felony prices had been being thought of in opposition to him, officers mentioned.

The Oregon State Police mentioned responding troopers could not discover any payments alongside the freeway after the incident, saying drivers did a “thorough job of gathering the loose money.”

The company urged folks to not go search for any cash alongside the freeway, because it might put each them and passing motorists in danger.