Three monkeys that escaped from a truck in Mississippi on Tuesday morning are still on the loose, although others have been destroyed, officials said. Officers said they were told that the monkeys were carrying diseases and posed a threat to humans.

However, the initial reports that they were dangerous and infected have turned out to be false.

A truck carrying Rhesus monkeys from Tulane University crashed on I-59 in Jasper County, Mississippi, about 75 miles east of Jackson, NBC News reports.

In a post on its Facebook page , the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department said that officers at the scene were told by the truck driver that the monkeys had hepatitis C, herpes and COVID, and that the officers would require personal protective equipment to handle.

“We took the the appropriate act

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