Brighouse fundraiser named UK Trucker of the Year 2017
Imtiaz (Charlie) Karolia, was nominated by his friends and colleagues and received the most votes in the UK.
He said: “I am blown away. I’d like to thank everyone who voted, it very much came out of the blue.
“I’m on cloud nine.”
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Hide Ad“I do a bit of charity work and my friends thought it is about time some of the work I do gets recognised.”
In their nominations his friends described him as “ a big-hearted kind soul who is a great ambassador for our industry”.
For two years Imtiaz and three others have been running forum site truckmateuk. The group has around 4,500 members and have raised a significant amount of money for different charities.
Imtiaz said: “Our first event was for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, the we raised £7000 for Forget Me Not Trust and through a fundraising pulling trucks we raised £5000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital.”
Fundraising has already started for the group’s latest chosen charity, the British Heart Foundation.