Posted: May 06, 2021 6:19 PM ET | Last Updated: May 6
The Atikamekw community of Manawan is mourning the deaths of 29 year-old Jonas Dubé and his seven year-old son Weyko Jacob.(Radio-Canada)
The Atikamekw community of Manawan, 250 km north of Montreal, is grieving after a father and son died in a car accident on the only road leading to the community a gravel road that s been flagged to the province as dangerous for decades.
The Sureté du Quebec confirmed Thursday that Jonas Dubé, 29, and his son Weyko Jacob, 7, were found dead Wednesday inside their overturned vehicle in the Milieu River near a bridge on Chemin Manawan, an 86 km logging road which connects Manawan to the town of Saint-Michel-des-Saints.