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Purdue University’s mascot train involved in highway crash that kills 1, injures 2

April 26, 2025
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Purdue University’s mascot train involved in highway crash that kills 1, injures 2
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The Boilermaker Special, a vehicle made to look like a vintage train that serves as one of Purdue University’s mascots, was involved in a fatal highway crash this week that killed one person and injured two others.

The Boilermaker Special vehicle collided with another car on US 52 at Wyandotte Road in Sheffield Township, killing the driver on impact. The driver has been identified as 20-year-old Madison Cook.

Purdue confirmed the tragic multi-vehicle accident in an online statement.

The crash occurred in Indiana’s Tippecanoe County, and “the two students who were on the Special” who sustained injuries “have been treated and released from the hospital.”

The driver of the vehicle was killed.
The driver of the vehicle was killed. Youtube/ WTHR

Purdue confirmed the tragic multi-vehicle accident in an online statement. It ends: “Our thoughts are with all those impacted by the incident.”

One person is dead and two others are injured after Purdue University's mascot train was involved in a deadly crash on an Indiana highway.
One person is dead and two others are injured after Purdue University’s mascot train was involved in a deadly crash on an Indiana highway.
Youtube/ WTHR

A 20-year-old and a 22-year-old suffered from non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators told WTHR the accident may have been caused by a tire malfunction that forced the vehicle to cross the highway’s median.

A photo shows the wrecked Boilermaker vehicle.
The accident happened Wednesday. Youtube/ WTHR

The Boilermaker smashed into a passenger vehicle headed in the opposite direction.

The Boilermaker Special resembles a Victorian-era steam locomotive, and travels to all of the university’s football team’s away games.

The vehicle can reach speeds up to 75 mph.

The post Purdue University’s mascot train involved in highway crash that kills 1, injures 2 appeared first on New York Post.

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