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A Liberian, Tamba Lamine, drowned after jumping from a bridge into a river in Liberia’s capital Monrovia to retrieve a $ 20 bill he had mistakenly dropped, according to a BBC report.
According to police spokesman Moses Carter, who spoke to the BBC, Lamine was walking with a friend on the bridge when the $ 20 bill fell into the river.
Lamine, who is a street vendor, jumped into the river and got the money back. After finding the money, he showed it to viewers, but then drowned, according to Carter.
He felt pressured to get the cash back because he needed to give his friend his $ 5 “cut” of a merchandise they jointly sold, Carter said.
Police now say Lamine’s body has not been found.
Explaining the shocking story, Carter said viewers who saw Lamine dive thought he was safe after he came out of the water to show them the note, but then he disappeared and did not reappear.
He drowned in the Mesuradu River, which runs between mainland Monrovia and the Bushrod Island industrial district.
The United States dollar is a stronger currency than the Liberian dollar itself: $ 20 equals around 3,900 Liberian dollars.
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