2nd monkey that escaped from overturned truck gunned down in Mississippi, 1 more still on the loose

A second monkey that escaped from a transport truck last week was fatally shot along a Mississippi highway early Tuesday morning as authorities warned that one more primate is still at large.

A truck carrying 21 rhesus monkeys overturned in a ditch near Heidelberg, Miss. on Oct. 28. The truck was wrecked and several loose primates were able to escape through a hole in the back door.

Five were seized and euthanized near the crash site, but three disappeared into the Mississippi valleys, authorities said.

On Tuesday, Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson confirmed that a second monkey was shot and killed by a civilian who spotted it crossing a highway.

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks also confirmed that the monkey was “recovered deceased” and that one more p