A snowplow driver in Woodbridge took a break and became $250,000 richer.
Here’s more in a press release from the Virginia Lottery:
A lot of people didn’t have to go to work on the Monday after the huge snowstorm, but not Gerald Fincham. He was driving a large motor grader, helping in the massive effort to clear roads in Northern Virginia from the effects of Winter Storm Jonas.
He stopped his huge vehicle to buy a drink at Food Lion, 5592 Staples Mill Plaza in Woodbridge. While he was there, he bought a Pirate’s Treasure Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery.
When he scratched the ticket, he realized that he’d won the $225,000 top prize.
“I was in the right place at the right time,” he said as he claimed his prize a few days later. “My family got more excited than I did.”
Mr. Fincham, who lives in Hughesville, Maryland, didn’t have time to celebrate his win. He had to get back to work plowing snow!
