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It’s really sad to have to post stories about people being killed, but in this case the man that died, Relic Lead Designer Brian Wood, died saving his family.  He was killed on Friday during a crash on the way to a family home in Washington state.  A Chevy Blazer was on a course to hit his family’s Subaru head on, but at the last second he swerved to take the force of the impact on his side of the vehicle so that his wife, who was pregant would not be hit. 

The force of the impact killed him and two people who were riding in the rear seat of the Blazer.  The driver of that vehicle was taken into custody and will be charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and a count of vehicular assault.  The reason they lost control of the vehicle?  The driver was trying to take of a sweater she was wearing and the front seat passenger took the wheel so she could do that. 

It’s fitting that one of the game’s his company is most known for is Company of Heroes.  That’s exactly what he was.