A heartbroken father is opening up for the first time after losing his son to a wrong-way crash on the Florida Turnpike .

Jose Gustavo Palma spoke just moments after an investigator from the Florida Highway Patrol visited his home to discuss the accident and the death of his 23-year-old son, Gustavo Adolfo Palma Romero.

"My son was a big guy, a great guy. He was always thinking of his family and his mother after they came here from Venezuela. He was taking care of them," Palma said.

Son remembered for work ethic

Palma said his son had to be home on Sunday to play in a soccer game. He worked two jobs — one as a forklift operator and another at a bakery — and had an incredible work ethic. He came to the United States from Venezuela five years ago.

"He's my oldest son," Palma said. "

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