Dad-to-be among dead in weekend of auto crashes

Published: September 07, 2010 5:00 a.m.

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It was a deadly long weekend on the roads after six people were killed or seriously injured in local crashes.

Brian Wood, 33, from Vancouver was killed and his pregnant wife injured after their car was hit by a woman taking off her sweater while driving.

Two other people died in that accident.

A B.C. woman is in critical condition in Washington State after crashing on her way home from the Gorge.

In Mission, one person was killed in a head-on collision and in Surrey a pedestrian died in a hit-and-run.

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