Relic Lead Designer Killed, Saving Pregnant Wife

[areszues92]

Condolences to Brian's family.

 

[elbert]

Sorry for your lose Erin. Brain Woods must of been a great guy. My condolences goes out to Brains Woods family.

 

[silverblue]

Full of admiration for Brian... RIP.

 

[david__t]

R.I.P. Brian.
This is why we need the death sentence back in the UK.

 

[C00lIT]

... Damnit... Sounds like one hell of a good man...
As for his work, a damn good artist as COH is fantastic...

RIP Brian...


"the driver tried to remove her sweater"
Grrrrr...

 

[Guest]

A true hero, no questions about it. The driver of the blazer deserves to be locked away without the possibility of getting out. To sit there and think about the 3 lives she took because of a stupid decision.

 

[zak_mckraken]

That's very sad. And to think I sometimes take my sweater off while driving. I'll make sure to take the time to pull the car over next time.

 

[rsg22]

RIP... very brave and inspiring.

 

[coleipoo]

We lose a fantastic and brave artist. Hopefully his child will grow up and admire him.

 

[tommysch]

At least some people in the SUV died. Its sad he wasn't driving a Hummer H1.

 

[theguy82]

A sad story, but a true hero.

 

[Hilarion]

My heart goes out to her and her unborn child. Heroes happen and she happened to have been married to one. There can be no greater love.

 

[bounty]

No offense meant, but "Wood slammed on the brakes and turned a sharp right so that the oncoming car would slam into the driver's side of the vehicle."

Are we sure that he did that "so that the car would slam into the driver's side" of the vehicle, or did he do that to try to avoid the accident? I think the guy is a hero, but there is no need to alter the events to make him a bigger hero. If a car was comming straight towards me, I'd hit the brakes and turn right also (aiming for the shoulder of the road), regardless of who was where in my car. I'd have zero time to think about how to mitigate the damage, hurt or protect specific people in the car etc. I certainly don't know if getting T'd is "safer" than head on collisions for anyone in the car.

 

[endif]

Condolences to Erin and the baby.

 

[Shadow703793]

@bounty: I'm pretty sure he had the reflexes considering he was a gamer. Studies have proven that gamers in general have about 40% faster/better reflexes than non-games. And by gamers I mean those that play FPS, not so much RTS. See: http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2003/05/243.ars

It's not completely impossible he took these calculated actions.

 

[eddieroolz]

I saw this news on CTV. Tore my heart apart.

They mentioned he designed video games, but I never thought he worked for CoH. One of my favorite RTS.

We need more people in this world like Woods. Rest in peace.

 

[13withinfinity]

"The Chevy Blazer, carrying four occupants, crossed over the center line when the driver tried to remove her sweater"


Seriously, I hate to say it but there needs to be better driving standards in this country, people can't freaking drive.

 

[rh_dog]

Now why isn't this story on any major news sites in the U.S.? Oh, because gamers are all bad and will cause the downfall of the universe.
This type of story can easily counter all of the negative press that gamers get.

Brian Wood, RIP. Erin ~ best thoughts and hopes out to you and your future child.

 

[sailfish]

Heartbreaking.

What a heavy weight for Erin to bear but reading the few words she provided, it appears that she will be more than up to the difficulty.

Very sad.

 

[jellico]

KEVIN: PLEASE ADD THIS TO YOUR ARTICLE...

Contributions to the Brian Wood Memorial Trust can be made directly at any North Shore Credit Union in Metro Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler.