Herpes-Contaminated Monkey On The Run After Truck Crash In Mississippi

Mississippi’s received one wild scenario — a hostile STD-carrying monkey busted unfastened from a big trailer truck hauling primates after the semi flipped over on a freeway, based on police.

The wreck went down Tuesday in Heidelberg, the place the truck, containing a number of monkeys contaminated with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID, crashed en route from Tulane College to a Florida testing lab.

Cops say six monkeys made a break for it — however 5 have been destroyed, and one’s nonetheless on the unfastened. Witnesses shot digicam footage that captured the surviving monkey climbing out of the trailer and wandering round in a rural space.

As for Tulane College, officers inform us — regardless of what the cops say — the primates in query belong to a different entity and are “not infectious,” that means they do not have illnesses. They add, “We are actively collaborating with local authorities and will send a team of animal care experts to assist as needed.”