Purdue boilermakers
Train mascot involved in a fatal accident
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Tragedy for the Purdue University and the famous boilermaker's mascot … It was involved in a fatal accident in Indiana.
The emblematic train mascot of Purdue University – The Boilermaker Special – was involved in an accident that killed one and hospitalized two.
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The Purdue mascot – The special boilermaker – was involved Thursday in an accident that won a life and put two people in the hospital … in several reports.
The specialty of the boilermaker looks like a locomotive, but it is actually a personalized truck to look like a vapor locomotive from the Victorian era.
The fatal accident occurred on the US 52 motorway in the county of Tippecanoe … and the images of the wreckage show a mutilated mess.
The Boilermaker Special of Purdue was involved in a fatal accident Thursday afternoon.
MPs think that the college mascot had a “possible tire dysfunction” when it crossed the central line and hit a car.
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Two people driving in the Boilermaker special were hospitalized and then released … But the person in the other vehicle died following the accident.
The police indicate that the Boilermaker's special seems to have undergone a possible tire dysfunction and crossed the midline, crashing into the other car.
The victim here has not yet been identified.
RIP
