The history of Purdue's nickname and mascot stretches back more than 130 years. Purdue basketball is in the Sweet 16, playing Midwest No. 1 seed Houston on Friday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in ...

Purdue University’s official mascot, the Purdue Boilermaker Special, was involved in a fatal collision on the afternoon of April 24, the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office said. According to the ...

The Purdue Boilermakers’ mascot was involved in a fatal accident last week that left one person dead and two others seriously injured. The popular train mascot, the Boilermaker Special ...

According to WLFI in Lafayette, Indiana, the Boilermaker Special, Purdue's train mascot that often appears at football games and parades in the area, crossed the center line on U.S. 52 South and ...

Eventually, the idea of a locomotive mascot mounted on an automobile chassis. The original Boilermaker Special spread Purdue spirit from 1940 to mid-1953. Purdue Pete has been Purdue's live-person ...

One person is dead and two others injured after Purdue University's Boilermaker Special mascot collided with a vehicle on a highway in Indiana, authorities said. The deadly crash happened Thursday ...

LAFAYETTE — Police say a tire malfunction may have caused the Purdue University mascot vehicle known as the Boilermaker Special to cross a median Thursday afternoon in Tippecanoe County and ...

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 ...

Purdueisufb091022 Am06620 / Alex Martin/Journal and Courier / USA TODAY NETWORK The Purdue Boilermakers' train mascot was involved in a crash on Thursday that killed one person and sent two others ...

The official mascot of Purdue University, The Boilermaker Special VII, was involved in a crash on US-52 at Wyandoette Road around 4 p.m. Thursday, according to WTHR. Deputies said the train was ...