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Last escaped monkey from Oct. 28 Mississippi crash has been captured.

Five monkeys died in the immediate aftermath; two others were killed by civilians.

Monkey was found near a home in Vossburg and safely recovered.

Monkeys were being transported to a licensed research facility; none carried known diseases.

The last monkey on the loose among several that escaped after a Mississippi highway crash has been found and captured, authorities said Thursday.

A resident who lives near the crash site called authorities to report the animal’s location and it was then “successfully recovered,” the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said in a statement to The Associated Press.

It was the last monkey on the loose from the Oct. 28 crash when the truck overt

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