"It was scary. You don't know too much, you don't know what's going to happen next. He fought and is still fighting to survive," his sister-in-law, Mina Thompson, said of the dad of two.
The Key West police added that a local businessman had alerted the department of a fake bill "in his till" and requested that they issue a warning to the masses.
The Jasper County Sheriff's Department originally warned locals that the monkeys were all infected with COVID, hepatitis C, and herpes, which wasn't true.
The unidentified driver's hulking semi-truck splintered after it slammed down on the edge of Wolf Creek Pass, a high-altitude route on the Continental Divide.
Multiple emergency crews, including the Louisville Metro Police Department, responded to the crash site around 5 p.m., where authorities warned there was “fire and debris.”
"Anyone dressed up as a cop should pull a shift with us....rookies start midnight shift at 10 pm...just kidding, enjoy the holiday PSL!" the department cheekily added.
Police in Rockville, Maryland, advised families to "inspect all candy" on Halloween after receiving a report that a child found a needle in their Trick-or-Treating haul.