YOUNG Alfie Adams' life was turned upside down when dad Danny was tragically crushed to death by a reversing truck in his own yard in May last year.

The 15-year-old dreamed of following in his Tonge Moor dad's footsteps as a lorry driver.

One promise his dad had made was to drive Alfie to his school prom in the cabin of his lorry.

Sadly he was not around to see Alfie suited and booted last Friday — but a warm-hearted haulage firm stepped in to ensure he and friend Ethan King got to the prom in the manner Mr Adams, who was aged 63, intended.

The teenage pair, celebrating the end to their time at Harper Green School, were picked up from The Brooklyn in Green Lane, Great Lever, by a driver from Stanian Transport in Trafford Park.

The trucks were decked out in black, with one depicting The Expendables film, including images of stars including Sylvester Stallone, and the other The Dark Knight.

Alfie and Ethan then arrived in style in their own tailor-made trucks to the prom at The Last Drop Village Hotel.

Alfie said: "I am obviously touched by the gesture from Stanian's and we have known them for a while.

"The night is extra special for me now and I am very grateful to them for their help, with my dad unable to be here."

Mr Adams owned D Adams Haulage Contractors and died on May 9 in Lumns Lane, Swinton.

Surgeons operated on him for nine hours but could not save him.

He was described by family as "unique and a one-off", with an inquest into his passing returning an accidental death verdict.

His coffin was carried through Bolton, past his favourite pub The Balmoral, on the back of one his trucks for the funeral procession.

Alfie's mum Angela said: "Alfie would have gone to his prom on his dad's waggon and Stanian's have stepped in to make sure it can still happen.

"I approached them and they said they would be privileged to step in when I told them Danny would have taken them.

"Alfie is doing well, he has got an apprenticeship as a mechanic and one day he still wants to be a waggon driver like his dad. That is the dream for him."

Phil Stanian, managing director of Stanian Transport, said: "I had known Danny for a long time and worked with him and it was a great shock to see him pass on.

"It will have come as a big a shock to Alfie as anybody else and I was glad to help, and would have done even if Danny was still alive and he asked me.

"That is what you do for good friends."