Theilman, MN (KROC-AM News)- Truckers throughout southeast Minnesota are honoring the 12-year-old boy who lost his life in a snowmobiling accident in Wabasha County last weekend. 

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The GoFundMe set up for Blaze Himle says he loved semi-trucks and wanted to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and become a truck driver. The fundraising page called on truckers to light up their rigs and share photos of their trucks on Facebook using the hashtag #lightitupforblaze and the trucking community has responded. 

Local truckers are planning a trucking convoy in the Theilman area on Saturday, the day of Blaze’s funeral. One organizer of the convoy wrote, “when I planned this I figured 5-10 trucks. It sounds like it’s going to be huge. The more trucks the better.”

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The organizer says the State Patrol and Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office will help with traffic during the trucker convoy. 

Blaze was killed on January 8 when a snowmobile he was operating crashed into a tree on private property outside of Theilman. The GoFundMe was set up to help the family pay for funeral expenses. As of Friday morning, it has raised over $17,000.  

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