Overview
- Durham Constabulary is investigating the December 21 rollover involving a John Deere Gator in Burnopfield that led to Aaron Anderson’s death on December 26.
- Britain’s Health and Safety Executive has liaised with police but is not conducting its own probe at this stage.
- Drivers are invited to gather at Hownsgill Industrial Estate in Consett between 10:30 and 11:20 a.m. on Friday, January 16, before accompanying the cortege to Mounsett Crematorium for a 12:30 p.m. service.
- Organisers encourage bright ribbons or bows on vehicles, with strong interest reported from the regional trucking community.
- A GoFundMe for funeral costs has raised more than £8,000, with any surplus pledged to charities and Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary; a 13-year-old also hurt in the incident was treated and later discharged.