In a touching tribute, friends of a popular teenage farmer who was killed in a car crash have been asked to turn out in boiler suits and boots for his funeral.
William Sangster, 19, was a passenger in a Ford Fiesta which crashed into a tree in Mintlaw on Saturday night.
A remembrance service for the former Crimond Primary School and Peterhead Academy pupil has been arranged for Tuesday.
Last night the Sangster family said that farming and tractors when their son’s whole life, and that is how he will be remembered.
Dad Philip Sangster said: “He spent most of his life here in Crimond and then moved to Auchnagatt. Farming’s something that has been in the family – I worked in a farm when he was born.
“William liked nothing more than having his boiler suit and boots on.”
Mr Sangster added that Tuesday’s service in Crimond Parish Church would be a thanksgiving for his William’s life.
A statement issued on behalf of the family earlier this week described the 19-year-old farm hand as “larger than life”.
The family said farming was “in his blood”, adding: “He loved it – it was what he lived for. He was brought up in a farming environment and always adored tractors from a young age.”
William’s Grey Fergie tractor has been described as his “pride and joy”.
The teenager had also studied at Banff and Buchan College, which is now part of North East Scotland College.
A growing number of floral tributes and letters have been left at the scene of Saturday’s tragic crash.
One handwritten note pinned to an advent calendar said: “Out of all the people in the world, I was lucky enough to have you.”
William’s 17-year-old sister, Nicole, the 17-year-old driver of the car and two other passengers were taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after the accident.
Their injuries were not life-threatening. William was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in the village’s Station Road.