The\u00a0family\u00a0of a\u00a0Brooklyn\u00a0chef injured in a\u00a0serious\u00a0car crash in the\u00a0Dominican\u00a0Republic is asking the public for help.<\/p>\n
Loved ones said 32-year-old\u00a0Kervens Altidor flew\u00a0to the county\u00a0to help a friend move. They say he was\u00a0the passenger\u00a0in\u00a0the rental truck when\u00a0it\u00a0crashed into a tractor-trailer\u00a0that was\u00a0parked\u00a0on an exit\u00a0ramp.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen\u00a0[the driver]\u00a0was on a curve, by the time for him to turn to excuse the truck, he\u00a0didn\u2019t have enough time,” said\u00a0Ruthza\u00a0Ciceron,\u00a0Altidor\u2019s cousin.<\/p>\n
Ciceron said\u00a0the crash happened about two weeks ago, and Altidor\u00a0suffered a broken collarbone and\u00a0a\u00a0gash on his right leg.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0family\u00a0is\u00a0looking\u00a0to transport\u00a0Altidor\u00a0from the\u00a0Dominican Republic back to New York, but said it costs approximately $40,000 to $50,0000.<\/p>\n
The family has\u00a0raised more than $28,000 as of Tuesday, thanks to an online campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody down there\u00a0[in the Dominican Republic]\u00a0has been very nice, but all his\u00a0family\u00a0over here wants to be there for him and wants to support,\u201d\u00a0said Ciceron.<\/p>\n
Altidor\u00a0is\u00a0a chef at\u00a0Nitehawk\u00a0Cinema\u00a0and has spent\u00a0more than a decade in its\u00a0Williamsburg\u00a0kitchen.<\/p>\n
His family wants him to return to his passion for cooking, but more importantly, return to his\u00a08-month-old son.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe loves helping people,\u201d said Jean Josph, Altidor\u2019s brother. \u201cHe loves giving to people. He loves taking care of people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0family\u00a0of a\u00a0Brooklyn\u00a0chef injured in a\u00a0serious\u00a0car crash in the\u00a0Dominican\u00a0Republic is asking the public for help. Loved ones said 32-year-old\u00a0Kervens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-205870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}