WINNIPEG -- A young Winnipeg man said he is determined to raise his four younger brothers -- two of whom may have serious disabilities -- after their parents were killed in a crash on a Saskatchewan highway.
Jordan Dubois, 19, had stayed behind in Winnipeg while his siblings and parents went to Saskatchewan for a Tae Kwon Do tournament.
The collision occurred when a 17-year-old female driver tried to pass another car on slick roads and in poor visibility, colliding head-on with the Dubois' vehicle. The young woman, who was from Yorkton, Sask., also was killed.
Jordan's brother, Matthew, 13, has a brain injury from the crash, while his brother, Jarret, 14, will possibly be paralyzed from the waist down.
Dustin, 9, and Michael, 16, suffered lesser injuries.
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Jordan Dubois said he will not let his brothers be split up.
"I've lost two great role models," the tearful young man said Tuesday. "They showed me how to give."
He said he will figure out a way to cope with any disabilities his brothers have to face.
"You can get around paralyzation and whatever," he said. "As long as you have your life. I'll take anything right now."
The Iron Fist center where the younger boys studied Tae Kwon Do is rallying behind the family and collecting donations that are pouring in.
"(People) are just coming off the street and handing $100, $25 cash," said Coreen Goodchild from Iron Fist. "They didn't know the family. They just wanted to donate something, to help."
Along with caring for his brothers, Jordan also hopes to take over his family's delivery-service business.
"It's been going for 25 years," he said. "My grandpa gave it down to my dad."
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Marcel and Brenda Dubois both were 38.
