NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, had been killed Thursday by a suspected drunk driver who mowed them down whereas they had been biking of their residence state of New Jersey, forcing sister, Katie, to cancel her wedding ceremony Friday, the place each her brothers had been set to function groomsmen.
Simply days after the heartbreaking deaths of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, youthful sister Katie is taking to social media to pay tribute.
Johnny, 31, and Matthew, 29, had been biking of their residence state of New Jersey Thursday when a suspected drunk driver mowed them down, killing the pair and forcing Katie to to cancel her wedding ceremony Friday, the place each brothers had been set to function groomsmen.
The motorist, Sean M. Higgins, was arrested and charged with two counts of vehicular murder after allegedly admitting to having 5 or 6 beers earlier than the incident.
TMZ Sports activities beforehand reported that Katie and her fiancé, Devin Joyce, made the troublesome choice to name off their wedding ceremony ceremony within the wake of the deadly crash.
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Within the shifting submit Monday, Katie shared a number of household photographs of her older brothers, together with pictures alongside their mother and father.
“To know these two was to like these two,” she started. “There are completely no phrases I’ve to specific the bond my household shared. Your entire world is aware of there would by no means have been a John with out Matty or Matty with out John. The very best large brothers a bit lady may have requested for.”
Katie stated she didn’t view the tribute to her brothers as a “goodbye” as she plans to by no means “cease saying” Johnny and Matthew’s names.
“I am going to take the most effective care of mother, dad, Kristen, Mer, and Madeline, your infants,” she added, referring to their different sister, her brothers’ wives and kids.
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Johnny, who performed within the NHL for the Columbus Blue Jackets, was married to spouse, Meredith Gaudreau, with whom he shared two youngsters, 1-year-old daughter Noa and 6-month-old son Johnny Jr., whereas Matthew was anticipating his first child together with his spouse, Madeline Gaudreau, when he died.
Alongside the message, Katie included a slideshow of photographs of the siblings by way of the years.
A GoFundMe web page to assist Madeline and her unborn son, Tripp, has already raised over $500,000.
A number of sports activities stars have additionally paid tribute to the Gaudreau brothers within the wake of their loss of life, together with LeBron James, Mike Trout and extra.
