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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Barbie designers killed in car crash: ‘Barbie is better because they loved the brand’

Barbie designers Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi were killed in a car crash Sunday with the doll brand writing in a tribute, 'Barbie is better because they loved the brand' - (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

Barbie designers Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi were killed in a car crash Sunday with the doll brand writing in a tribute, “Barbie is better because they loved the brand.”

The business and romantic partners died after 82-year-old Egidio Ceriano, driving the wrong way on Italy’s A4 Turin-Milan highway, collided head-on with their car in Lombardy, according to Italian news outlet ANSA. Ceriano is accused of driving about four miles in the wrong direction before the crash.

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