Where’d my purse go?
28 November 2007
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Mary Olive Corbiere watched as a delivery truck drove away with her purse. Now police in Montague, MA are urging residents to return any money they might of come across after the 83-year old retirees purse spilled open in the trucks tires.
“I got a little money back, maybe $100, maybe less. It’s pretty beat up,” Corbiere, a retired English teacher and nurse, said Wednesday.
Corbiere had just stepped out of a store, and placed her purse in her shopping cart. The wind pushed the shopping cart into the back of a nearby delivery truck. The cart somehow became stuck in a rear wheel before the truck pulled away and disappeared into traffic. The cart was dragged for blocks along one of the town’s busiest thoroughfares as the truck’s driver, oblivious to what had occurred, headed to the next delivery. When the purse finally burst open, witnesses told police strangers stopped and grabbed the fluttering currency that Corbiere had withdrawn that day for holiday shopping and bills.
Officers found Corbiere’s tattered checkbook, broken credit card and some other belongings — but little cash. Police say no charges will be filed against anyone who returns the money. Some residents made anonymous donations Wednesday at the police station, and a local coffee shop started a collection to help Corbiere.
That is so heart breaking. I would hate it if that happened to my grandmother. I wish there is some way I could make a donation. It is for a good cause, and you can trust it. After all, anything posted by the AP has to be trusted. Seriously, I am shocked that such a horrible thing happened!
[...] Where’d my purse go? November 28, 2007 – 6:17 pm Mary Olive Corbiere watched as a delivery truck drove away with her purse. Now police in Montague, MA are urging residents to return any money they might of come across after the 83-year old retirees purse spilled open in the trucks tires. “I got a little money back, maybe $100, maybe less. It’s pretty beat up,” Corbiere, a retired English teacher and nurse, said Wednesday. Corbiere had jus … [...]
28 November 2007 at 7:30 pm