BERLIN (Reuters) - A German businessman sent 100,000 euros ($109,000) blowing across a highway, forgetting he had left the banknotes on the car roof before speeding off, police said on Thursday.

"The money was in a leather case, and when he hit the slip road, the case fell off the roof and the cash dispersed all over the motorway," said a police spokesman in the western city of Bochum.

Police closed the motorway temporarily and recovered scattered notes worth 3,000 euros. Two days later a man handed in some 29,500 euros to police he said he had picked up himself. The briefcase and remaining cash are still missing.

Press reports said the man had put down the briefcase to answer a phone call as he was setting off.

ouch... him and his forgetfulness @.@ I wonder if he went back for it... or at least what's left of it...