Three people who were killed in a crash on the Florida Turnpike on Aug. 12 when an undocumented truck driver made an illegal U-turn were Haitian immigrants who previously lived in South Florida and were returning home, according to CBS Miami News partner The Miami Herald .

Herby Dufresne, 30, Faniola Joseph, 27, and Rodrigue Dor, 53, were heading back to Indiana when their minivan slammed into the 18-wheeler near Fort Pierce, the Herald reports.

Dufresne, identified as the driver of the minivan by the Florida Highway Patrol, came to South Florida in 2023, according to the Herald. Dufresne had legal status under Haiti's Temporary Protected Status designation, the Herald reports.

He later moved to Indiana when he couldn't find work, according to the Herald. Joseph had previousl

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