Company Of Heroes Dev Gave His Life To Save His Family

[LuxMortim]

Was kind of surprised to not see this up here already. My condolences go out to his family and friends.

Brian R. Wood, lead designer of Company of Heroes Online and a key player in the development of the series as a whole, was tragically killed on Friday night in an automobile accident north of Seattle.

Wood was behind the wheel of his Subaru Outback, with his wife Erin a passenger, when they were struck head-on by a Chevy Blazer driven by 21 year-old Jordyn B. Weichert. Two passengers in Weichert's car were killed, while it's alleged that the young driver was also under the influence of drugs at the time of the accident.

The Washington State Patrol say Weichert could be charged with vehicular homicide and vehicular assault once she is released from hospital, while another passenger in her car, 22 year-old Samantha R. Bowling, may also be charged with vehicular homicide.

http://kotaku.com/5631947/company-of-heroes-dev-gave-his-life-to-save-his-family

http://kotaku.com/5630790/company-of-heroes-developer-killed-in-car-accident

 

[ronpaul]

read this earlier, what a tragedy, came here to see if you guys knew of it already. What a great man, great sacrifice

 

[Blue Stealth]

thats a shame...it disgusts me people still drink and drive.

 

[Shadowesh]

thats a shame...it disgusts me people still drink and drive.

I think she was actually on drugs... but yeah it is still disgusting...

 

[ShEpArDofGOD]

You guys might check this out. Good way to support her and the baby in this tragic time of their lives.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/...-support-to-widow-of-heroic-developer/1410899

 

[Oberst]

I live really close to Seattle and I remember listening to this for a few weeks on the Radio and so on, it appears from what I heard both the driver and the woman steering the car while the driver was taking her sweartshirt off will both be heading to jail for an unspecified amount of time. I am quite disgusted that these people would do such a stupid thing, I am sorry for Brian's family, he made the right decision for if that was a head on crash they both would of been killed. I wish their family the best of luck for the future. R.I.P Brian

 

[Trappin]

This is tragic.. people still don't understand the dangers of drinking and driving. It sucks how the ones that die in this case are never the ones that drink...

 

[GlobalRoyal]

Wow, they all need to go to jail for this if they do drink and drive... thats a shame.

 

[labowsky]

another reason why alcohol is just poison.

 

[Tailyc]

This really is sad news and a loss for the gaming community. And some people wonder why there are laws against drugs and alcohol...