Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi, who designed custom Barbie dolls and invented the Italian Doll Convention, died in a car accident on July 27 in Italy

Barbie designers Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi have been killed in a head-on car crash after a man, 82, drove the wrong way down a highway in Italy.

A car driving the wrong way on a highway in northern Italy caused the head-on collision that killed the longtime Barbie doll designers and collectors.