JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - A truck hauling monkeys overturned in Mississippi on Tuesday.

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

The monkeys were 40 pounds and were first reported to be “aggressive,” as well as also carrying hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.

In a statement, Tulane University stated that “the primates... are not infectious.”

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office said all of the escaped monkeys, except for one, “have been destroyed.”

The sheriff’s department is still looking for one of the monkeys that is still on the loose.

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks is on site with local law enforcement.

The incident happened on I-59 near mile marker

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