Fact check: Was there a subsequent overturned truck incident involving infected monkeys after the last reported one and when?

1. What people claimed — a short list of the competing statements that circulated after the crash

Multiple claims circulated after the October 28, 2025 crash: that a truck carrying twenty-plus Rhesus monkeys overturned in Mississippi; that several monkeys were killed on scene while a handful escaped; that the animals were “infected” or “disease-carrying”; and that public-health risks required authorities to euthanize or recapture the animals. Local officials reported animals were shot and euthanized while some were still at large in the immediate aftermath ^{[1] [4]}. Tulane University and other veterinary voices disputed early assertions that the monkeys were infectious, prompting public confusion and calls for documentation from animal-rights groups such as PETA ^{[2] [5]}. Conflicting messages about infection status and the number of animals on the loose became focal points in subsequent reporting and community reaction ^{[6] [3]}.

2. The established timeline — what happened and when in the days after October 28

Authorities reported the truck overturned on Interstate 59 on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, with initial tallies varying between reports: roughly 21 monkeys onboard, several dead at the scene, and three missing immediately after the crash ^{[2] [4]}. Through October 29–30, law enforcement and animal control conducted searches; media outlets reported that all but one of the escaped monkeys had been euthanized or recaptured by October 30, with the remaining animal still being sought at that time ^{[6] [7]}. Coverage on October 31 reiterated the local community’s concerns and emphasized the earlier disagreement about disease status, but none of these pieces reported a new or separate overturned-truck incident following the late-October crash ^[2].

3. The infection question — who said the monkeys were infectious and who disputed it

Initial statements from some local officials and media suggested the animals carried infectious agents, framing the escape as a potential public-health threat; those early characterizations used words like “infectious” and “disease-carrying,” which heightened alarm ^{[4] [3]}. Tulane University and veterinary experts pushed back, denying that the animals were infectious and cautioning against alarmist reporting, while animal-rights groups such as PETA demanded transparency through necropsies and veterinary records, signaling distrust of official narratives and raising the possibility of institutional agendas on both sides ^{[2] [5]}. The dispute over infection status remained a central point: media documented both the initial claim and the institutional denial, but the public record in these sources does not confirm presence of contagious human pathogens in the animals ^{[1] [2]}.

4. Was there a subsequent overturned-truck incident involving infected monkeys after the last reported one?

No contemporary, credible source in the supplied reporting documents a second overturned truck after the October 28, 2025 incident. All follow-up articles and local reporting focus on search, recapture, euthanasia decisions and community response in the days immediately following the October 28 crash, with updated counts of accounted-for animals through October 29–31 ^{[1] [6] [2]}. There is no record in these sources of another truck overturn, nor of a later separate transport accident involving infected monkeys; the narrative arc in the covered period concludes with containment and investigation rather than a fresh crash event ^{[7] [3]}.

5. What’s missing and why that matters — transparency, records and possible agendas

Key gaps remain: complete veterinary necropsy reports, chain-of-custody documentation for the animals, and clear public-health assessments from independent labs have not been provided in the coverage reviewed here, which fueled calls for transparency from advocacy organizations and skepticism from community members ^{[5] [7]}. The absence of those records allows both alarmist and reassuring narratives to persist: officials seeking to prevent panic emphasized recapture and neutralization, institutions like Tulane denied infection claims to limit reputational damage, and advocacy groups demanded full disclosure to hold authorities accountable. These dynamics explain why reports emphasized immediate control measures rather than follow-on incidents, and why no credible source documents a new overturned-truck event after the October 28 crash ^{[2] [5]}.