Drivers scrambled to grab scattered cash one Friday morning during rush hour after bags of money fell out of an armored truck on a Southern California freeway, authorities said.

The incident occurred shortly before 9:15 a.m. on busy Interstate 5 in Carlsbad, California.

“One of the doors popped open and bags of cash fell out,” California Highway Patrol Sgt. Curtis Martin said.

Several bags broke open, spreading money — mainly $1 and $20 bills — all over the lanes and bringing the freeway to a chaotic halt, Martin said.

Video posted online showed some people laughing and leaping as they held wads of cash.

Two people were arrested at the scene, and Martin warned that any others who are found to have taken the money could face criminal charges. He noted there was plenty of video taken by bystanders at the scene and that the CHP and FBI were investigating.

Anyone who took money was urged to bring it to the CHP office in Vista, California.  But c’mon, this is California, land of Free Money for Everyone.

Authorities didn't immediately say how much money was lost. However, at least a dozen people had returned money they collected to the CHP by that afternoon, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported, astounding reporters.

“People are bringing in a lot,” Martin admitted. “People got a lot of the loose money. We think…”

The freeway was reopened shortly before 11 a.m.

It’s not known how much was lost, or recovered — or more importantly, how and why the doors came open. “It looks like a reality show plot,” admitted one bystander, who asked her name not be used, but admitted she was an actress “looking for the right opportunity,” i.e.  unemployed at the moment.