PEARLINGTON, Miss., (KNOE 8 News) - A semi pulling a trailer full of elephants ran off Interstate 10 over the weekend, but no injuries are being reported.
However, one of the four elephants in the trailer apparently took it personally and according to the incident commander on the scene, was "too angry to unload."
Kurt Necaise added that the other three elephants were unloaded and neither the elephants nor the driver of the semi was injured in the mishap.
Necaise says the animals belong to Cole Brothers Circus of the Stars and were headed to Hammond, La., when the truck wrecked in rural Hancock County, Miss
The circus didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Friday, May 24 2013 6:40 PM EDT2013-05-24 22:40:16 GMT
RIVER RIDGE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.
RIVER RIDGE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.
A Virginia man who was once one of the nation's most prominent swimming coaches has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.
A once-prominent swimming coach who trained thousands of children was sentenced to seven years in prison Thursday for sexually abusing one of the girls he instructed.
Friday, May 24 2013 5:06 PM EDT2013-05-24 21:06:12 GMT
Monroe, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Police arrested Thomas Wroten this afternoon following a domestic dispute. At 9:15pm last night Monroe Police received an emergent call for help in the 5300 block of Blanks.
Monroe, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Police arrested Thomas Wroten this afternoon following a domestic dispute.
