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Matthew Gaudreau and his member Johnny Gaudreau died aft being struck by a car successful New Jersey connected Aug. 29. His woman Madeline Gaudreau is large with their archetypal baby, according to family.
NHL Star Johnny Gaudreau and His Brother Killed successful New Jersey Bike Accident
Matthew Gaudreau was astir to go a dada erstwhile helium and his member Johnny Gaudreau were fatally struck by a car successful New Jersey.
The 29-year-old's woman Madeline Gaudreau is presently pregnant with the couple's archetypal baby, who volition beryllium named Tripp, according to a GoFundMe leafage acceptable up by household Aug. 30.
"We are heartbroken to stock the devastating quality that the Gaudreau household has experienced a tragic and unfathomable loss," fundraiser's statement read. "On August 29, 2024, a car mishap took the lives of Matthew and his member John."
In a photo from a caller bachelorette party for sister-in-law Katie Gaudreau, Madeline appeared to cradle her babe bump arsenic she posed with different guests.
Matthew and Johnny, 31, were riding connected bikes connected a agrarian roadworthy astatine astir 8 p.m. erstwhile they were deed from the backmost by a Jeep Grand Cherokee attempting to walk to different vehicle, Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron of the New Jersey State Police told E! News successful a statement.
The operator of jeep—identified arsenic 43-year-old Sean M. Higgins—is suspected of "being nether the power of alcohol" astatine the clip of the incident, constabulary said. He has been charged with 2 counts of decease by auto.
E! News has reached retired to Higgins' lawyer for remark but has not yet heard back. During an Aug. 30 arraignment, Higgins—then represented by a nationalist defender—said helium planned to get backstage counsel, per NBC News.
Matthew and Madeline were unneurotic for 11 years earlier his passing. They started dating successful February 2013 erstwhile Matthew was playing hockey for Boston College alongside Johnny, who went connected to beryllium drafted by the Calgary Flames successful 2014 and by the Columbus Blue Jackets successful 2022.
Instagram/Matthew Gaudreau
The mates got joined connected successful July 17, 2021 and Johnny followed suit astir 2 months later, tying the knot with his woman Meredith Gaudreau on Sept. 4, 2021.
Johnny and Meredith welcomed their archetypal baby—a girl named Noa Harper—in September 2022. They became two-time parents earlier this year, erstwhile Meredith gave commencement to lad Johnny Edward successful February.
In the aftermath of the Gaudreau brothers' passing, their uncle Jim Gaudreau shared a connection connected behalf of the household mourning the deaths of "two astonishing humans."
"We privation to fto everyone cognize we are receiving your messages of emotion and enactment and we admit your continued thoughts and prayers," helium wrote connected Facebook. "We inquire for your continued respect and privateness during this precise hard play of grief."
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