Overview
- Aaron Anderson, 14, died in hospital five days after being critically injured when a farm vehicle overturned on Boxing Day.
- About 60 trucks formed a convoy to Mountsett Crematorium, with his coffin on The Truckers Hearse and crowds far exceeding the chapel’s capacity.
- Family and friends wore Newcastle United shirts reading 'Aaron Forever 14' as hundreds lined the route and attended the service.
- Celebrant Heather Lambert described him as confident and kind, noting his strengths in maths and history and a planned engineering apprenticeship with Biffa, whose vehicles joined the procession.
- Relatives thanked emergency services and the Royal Victoria Infirmary, and donations were collected for the Sick Children’s Trust; Consett Academy pupils also staged a roadside tribute.