The Boilermaker Special leads the Purdue Boilermakers onto the field before the NCAA football game, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind.

Deputies confirmed two Purdue students were in the Boilermaker Special at the time of the crash — a 20-year-old from Noblesville (driver) and a 22-year-old from Rockport (passenger).

The Boilermaker Special, a train-like vehicle used by Purdue at sporting events, was involved in a fatal crash last week in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Believed to have blown a tire, the ...

According to WLFI via WKRC, the Purdue University train mascot "the Boilermaker Special" collided with another vehicle while driving down the highway. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

The Boilermaker Special is known to be the world's largest, fastest, heaviest and loudest collegiate mascot. It made its debut at the Purdue vs. Middle Tennessee State football game on Sept. 3, 2011.