Overview
- Fourteen-year-old Aaron Anderson died on Boxing Day after a John Deere Gator overturned at a farm near Burnopfield on December 21.
- Consett Academy described him as a bright, cheerful and hardworking pupil and said he will be greatly missed.
- The cortege is set for January 16 at 12.30pm at Mounsett Crematorium, with vehicles asked to gather at Hownsgill Industrial Estate from 10.30am before joining a truck escort decorated with bright ribbons.
- Fundraising launched by family friend Anne Campbell has topped £8,000 to help with costs, with any surplus pledged to charities and Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary.
- Aaron’s father, Craig, said his son dreamed of becoming a mechanic and had donated his organs; a 13-year-old was also injured and taken to hospital.