{"id":9815,"date":"2023-01-03T12:15:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T12:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/03\/rally-driver-and-racing-game-icon-ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-accident\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T04:15:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T04:15:45","slug":"rally-driver-and-racing-game-icon-ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/03\/rally-driver-and-racing-game-icon-ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Rally Driver and Racing Sport Icon Ken Block Dies in Snowmobile Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sm.ign.com\/ign_in\/news\/r\/rally-driv\/rally-driver-and-racing-game-icon-ken-block-dies-in-snowmobi_vzwb.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Rally driver and racing sport icon Ken Block has died in a snowmobile accident aged 55.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by ABC Information, Block was pronounced lifeless on the scene of the accident in Utah on January 2 after his snowmobile upended on a steep slope.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside a profitable skilled racing profession, Block additionally had a major presence in racing video video games, having appeared in a number of premier franchises together with Want for Velocity, Filth, and Forza.<\/p>\n<h5>&#8220;Ken was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. And most significantly, a father and husband. He might be extremely missed.&#8221;<\/h5>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re saddened to listen to of the lack of Kenneth and our hearts are along with his household and buddies so deeply affected,&#8221; stated the Wasatch County Sheriff&#8217;s Workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Block&#8217;s auto media and attire firm, Hoonigan Industries, additionally took to social media to pay respects to its co-founder. &#8220;Ken was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. And most significantly, a father and husband. He might be extremely missed,&#8221; it stated on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Block performed himself within the dwell motion scenes of 2015&#8217;s Want for Velocity, that includes because the Type Icon that the participant character strove to impress. He additionally appeared as a driver in Colin McRae&#8217;s Filth 2 and Filth 3, and his Hoonigan vehicles appeared in Forza Motorsport 7 and Forza Horizon 3, 4, and 5.<\/p>\n<p><iframe allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen *\" allowautoplay=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"video\" data-src=\"https:\/\/widgets.ign.com\/video\/embed\/content.html?url=https:\/\/www.ign.com\/videos\/need-for-speed-official-launch-trailer\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><i>Picture Credit score: Massimo Bettiol\/Getty Photographs<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and performing UK information editor. 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