B.C. video game designer dies in collision
Last Updated: Monday, September 6, 2010 | 6:35 PM PT
CBC News
Award-winning video game designer Brian Wood was killed and his wife Erin was injured in a head-on collision in Washington State Friday. (CBC)A North Vancouver video game developer has died in a head-on collision in which three people were killed, police in Washington state say.
Brian Wood, 33, who developed the game A Company of Heroes, died Friday on Whidbey Island when an SUV crossed the centre line on Highway 20, investigators said Monday.
Two passengers in the back seat of the SUV also died. Its driver and front-seat passenger are recovering in hospital and could face vehicular homicide charges, said police.
The driver was allegedly taking off a sweater while the passenger was steering the SUV, which veered into the oncoming lane and hit Wood's car, said Washington state trooper Mark Francis.
Wood's pregnant wife, Erin, survived and is also recovering in hospital.
The Relic Entertainment game Company of Heroes won several awards in 2006 for Wood, 33, who was Relic's lead designer.
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