Pennsylvania State Police searched for three high-profile subjects in the central part of the state on Friday and Saturday. The authorities made it clear that the public was not allowed to approach the subjects on the run. This was not a case of criminals on the run, but a trio of monkeys.
The search began on Friday after a trailer truck carrying 100 cynomolgus macaque monkeys from Mauritius on their way to a research laboratory was involved in a crash. The Pennsylvania State Police said that after the initial impact, the truck broke off from the trailer it was hauling. The monkeys got loose from the trailer after the crash.
The driver of the trailer truck was taken to the hospital for treatment. The driver of the Dodge Ram was not hurt.
Authorities didn't take the search lightly. The Liberty Valley Fire Department, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health aided them. According to the Guardian, troopers searched for the monkeys with their rifles in hand and enlisted the help of a helicopter. The firefighters used thermal technology to find the monkeys.
Two of the monkeys were found by Saturday morning. The public was urged not to get near the monkey while authorities searched for it.
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