Monkeys leaving Tulane University on Tuesday were captured and "destroyed" after they escaped a transport truck that crashed on Interstate 59 in Mississippi, according to the Jasper County Sheriff's Department.

Jasper County is in the southeast portion of the state above the city of Laurel, about 2-and-a-half hours from New Orleans.

The truck flipped near mile marker 117, allowing some of the monkeys to escape. The Sheriff's Department did not say how many monkeys escaped or how many were "destroyed," though some that were unable to break free from their cages will be returned to Tulane.

One monkey remained on the loose as of 2 p.m., officials said.

The Rehsus monkeys weigh about 40 pounds and are aggressive to humans, Sheriff's Department officials said, adding that an "animal disposa

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