JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - A truck hauling “aggressive” monkeys has overturned in Mississippi.

According to authorities, the Rhesus monkeys were on their way to a testing facility in Florida after being at Tulane University.

The incident happened on I-59 near mile marker 117, which is north of Heidelberg, Mississippi.

The monkeys are 40 pounds and are “aggressive,” authorities say. They are also carrying hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office says that Tulane University has been notified and will send a team to pick up the monkeys on Wednesday.

The university says that if the monkeys leave the wreck site, they must be shot.

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