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Company of Heroes Lead Designer Sacrifices Life

Posted on Tuesday, September 7 @ 19:21:50 Eastern by

In his final act, Brian Wood swerved his car into an out-of-control Chevy Blazer to protect his pregnant wife.


"All the policemen say that if it had hit the car head-on, all of us would be dead. At the very last second (Brian) braked really hard and turned right so that he would be put in the path of the SUV and not me and the baby, and that is the only thing that saved us, " said wife Erin Wood.

Last Friday, as the Woods were in a Subaru wagon on route to Whidbey Island in Washington State, a Chevy Blazer crossed the center line when its driver attempted to take her sweater off and asked the other front passenger to take the wheel. In the resulting collision, the Blazer drove on top of the Subaru and crushed Brian Wood, killing him.

The Washington State Patrol has found evidence of drug use by the four occupants in the Blazer. The two back passengers were killed in the accident, while the driver and the front passenger, Jordyn Weichert and Samantha Bowling, who suffered a broken pelvis, are facing charges of three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault. None of them were wearing seatbelts.

Brian Wood was a lead designer, specializing in 3-D real-time strategy computer games, for Relic Entertainment and was working on the Company of Heroes franchise.

[TheProvince]


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  • LinksOcarina
    LinksOcarina - Joined: Nov 9, 2005
    I heard he died in a car crash yesterday, but I didn't know the specifics....good for him, a real Hero in his own way, saving his wife from certain death.
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    Posted: Sep 7th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting - Joined: Nov 11, 2006
    Please, keep the drugs in a private, stationary place, so none of us have to pay for your lack of braincells.

    Though Brian was probably just trying to keep on his side of the road, his quick thinking was definitely heroic. My he be among good company. A Company of...Heroes. Amen.
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    Posted: Sep 7th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
  • Kijan
    Kijan - Joined: Aug 30, 2008
    R.I.P.
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    Posted: Sep 7th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
  • Daddio
    Daddio - Joined: Nov 6, 2008
    Depending on the stages of her pregnancy, the sheer stress of the situation alone could still cause problems to the babies health. I hope the driver gets life in prison. Cock suckin POS.
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    Posted: Sep 8th, 2010 at 5:55 am
  • mrallamericanboy
    mrallamericanboy - Joined: Jun 19, 2006
    That's courage and love. We should all pray to act as well if our time comes.
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    Posted: Sep 8th, 2010 at 8:01 am

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