MONTAGUE, Mass. (UPI) -- Donations more than replenished the $1,000 an elderly Massachusetts woman lost in a freak shopping cart accident that sent her cash a-blowin' in the wind.
Mary Olive Corbiere, 83, left her purse in a shopping cart in a parking lot in Montague, Mass., Tuesday when a wind gust sent the cart under a passing delivery truck, The Republican in Springfield, Mass., reported. The cart broke free but the retired English teacher's purse didn't and friction from the truck's tires burned and shredded it.
When the purse finally released its contents, the ripped and singed cash flew out along the pavement. Police recovered some of it but most was picked up by passing motorists, the newspaper reported.
When word got out about Corbiere's predicament, donations poured in, police said, including a $1,000 check from a customer at a cafe that took up a collection.
Corbiere, who had taken the money out of the bank for Christmas presents and to pay bills, expressed her gratitude for the donations, saying she would donate the extra money she received to charity.
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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