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QUEBEC CITY–Two brothers recently back from serving with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan were killed yesterday morning in a car accident near Quebec City.
Police say Jonathan and Eric Leduc crashed into a ditch when their car lost a wheel on Highway 40, and that speed was a factor in the crash.
Éric Leduc, 25, returned in March from Afghanistan, where he drove an armoured vehicle. He had been in the Armed Forces for five years, CBC reported.
Jonathan, 22, served a nine-month tour of duty with the infantry in 2007.
Their cousin Sébastien Lépine told Radio Canada the loss is "a shock, it's a blow to the family.
"They served their country in a professional way."
He also told the broadcaster that Jonathan had long-term plans to become a bodyguard while Éric wanted to improve his English.
The Leducs were from Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, a community of 2,200 west of Quebec City.
