Purdue University’s train mascot, the Boilermaker Special, was involved in a fatal crash on Thursday afternoon in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
The vehicle crossed the median traveling north on U.S. 52 after a “possible tire malfunction,” hitting a southbound car, the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The one individual in the southbound car was pronounced dead at the scene, deputies said. The coroner’s office will release the victim’s identity once their family is notified.
Madison Cook, a 20-year-old Purdue student from Noblesville, was driving the Boilermaker Special at the time of the crash with 22-year-old Taylor Melton from Rockport, deputies said.
Both students were treated at the hospital and released on Thursday, the university said in a statement.
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