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Guns 'N Roses performing in Nijmegen, 12 Jul 2017
Guns 'N Roses performing in Nijmegen, 12 Jul 2017 - Credit: Photo: @xChillyWitchx Twitter
Entertainment
Guns N' Roses
Nijmegen
Goffertpark
Christijn Groeneveld
wheelchair
mark Tuitert
Thursday, 13 July 2017 - 16:00

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Former skater loses wheelchair at Guns 'N Roses concert

Former skater Christijn Groeneveld lost his wheelchair at the Guns 'N Roses concert in Goffertpark in Nijmegen on Wednesday. Friend and fellow skater Markt Tuitert took to Twitter to help him find it.

"Will those who took the wheelchair of skating friend Christijn Groeneveld at the GNR concert in Nijmegen please bring it back as soon as possible?" he tweeted. And with success. A few hours later he let his followers know that Christijn was back in his wheelchair.

Groeneveld during skate training in Inzell on October 9th, 2014 and broke a vertebra, according to AD. He is now dependent on a wheelchair.

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