Mass. Man Gives Cop a Pretty Wild but Totally Reasonable Excuse for Speeding

Here’s our contender for luckiest man of the year. Massachusetts man Scott Lowe won the state lottery, which was worth $50,000, and he excitedly drove to lottery headquarters in order to claim it. He was pulled over by a cop for speeding, and he pulled out the lottery ticket and showed them he won, and his lucky streak continued, with the police officer letting him off with a warning.

In addition, the local police department sent out a few tweets describing the incident and affirming that yes, he got off easily.

Officer just stopped driver for speeding & driver was shaking. Said he just won $50K & was going to Lottery HQ. Showed him scratch ticket.

— Hingham Police (@HinghamPolice) February 27, 2014

@Bostonsportzguy @universalhub Officer gave verbal warning & cautioned him about getting safely to Braintree.Today was really his lucky day.

— Hingham Police (@HinghamPolice) February 27, 2014

We should all be so lucky to have winning lottery tickets when cops pull us over.

[photo via Shutterstock]

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