Rodrigue Dor, one of three killed in a Florida crash last month involving a semi truck, will be laid to rest this weekend. His funeral takes place Saturday, September 20, at the Haitian Evangelical Baptist Church near North Miami, with burial to follow at Vista Memorial Gardens in Miami Lakes.
The details: All three victims in the wreck, including Dor, remained unclaimed by relatives for a while, which is unusual in these kinds of cases.
- Dor was a Haitian citizen who planned to return to Haiti, where his daughters still live.
- His family says the girls cannot travel to the U.S. for the funeral, because of issues with the embassy in Haiti.
The legal side: The truck driver, Harjinder Singh, is being charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and three counts of manslaughter. He is in jail in St. Lucie County, waiting for his trial.
Dor's sister said, "He violated the law. He wasn’t supposed to make a U-turn the way he did it. We need justice. We ask for justice," according to the Miami Herald.