140 trucks move through Friesland: one last honorary salut for Appie!

140 trucks move through Friesland: one last honorary salut for Appie!

In Friesland, a moving farewell party for the 11-year-old Appie from Stroobos took place on Saturday, who died after an epileptic seizure. Around 140 trucks formed an impressive honorary salvon to pay the last honor to the boy who had a great passion for trucks. The organizers had called for participation and the news spread quickly, so that numerous drivers reported.

The colorful truck procession began in Appie's home town of Stroobos and stopped at important places in his life, including his school in Drachten, where the drivers formed an impressive honorary salvon with torches. This was an unforgettable moment for Appie's friends and classmates. The court community in Harkema, a place that Appie often visited, was also held. At the end of the journey, the ceremony took place in Gerkeskelooster, where Appie said goodbye, such as reported.

Although the occasion was sad, it shouldn't be a quiet funeral service. The drivers were encouraged to make their horn sound - a symbolic tribute that appealed appies enthusiasticism for trucks. "He would find it very nice. With every horn, he would have tears in his eyes," said his sister Eline, who lovingly described the event as his own truck show for Appie. The route led the trucks from Stroobos at 9:00 a.m., and two hours later they returned to the starting point, while the box of Appie was transported on the truck, which he was most beautiful, as