JASPER COUNTY, Miss. - Wildlife officials said Tuesday that two of three monkeys that escaped after a crash last week on a Mississippi highway have died.

According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP), authorities are still looking for the third monkey after a truck carrying research monkeys crashed Oct. 28 in a rural area along Interstate 59. The crash sent wooden crates labeled "live monkey" spilling into the nearby tall grass.

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Wildlife officials said eight of the 21 Rhesus Macaques on board escaped.

Five of the monkeys were recovered while three escaped, officials said. On Tuesday, MDWFP said "two of the three unaccounted for Rhesus Macaques were recovered deceased."

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