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"The man of the family."

Fifty-four-year-old Roderick Dor came to the United States a year and a half ago on a humanitarian program.

His sister Guerline Dorelus says he was looking forward to starting a business back in Haiti.

"Before the accident a friend told me that he said you're not gonna stay here. He has to buy a ticket to go back to Haiti."

Dor never settled. He came to Miami staying with his sister. He then moved to Georgia and spent the last two months in Indiana. It's where he and two friends were heading back to on Aug. 12 when their van slammed into a semi-truck police say was making an illegal u-turn on the Turnpike .

Dor's son flew in from Switzerland for the funeral.

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