Columbus Blue Jackets' Johnny Gaudreau killed in NJ crash involving suspected drunk driver
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Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, were killed while biking Thursday night in New Jersey.

Another summer tragedy has struck the Columbus Blue Jackets.

According to a statement released by the team, Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, died Thursday night. Reports are that they were killed while biking Thursday night in Oldmans Township, New Jersey, close to their hometown of Salem in Salem County, New Jersey.

Gaudreau, 31, was the Blue Jackets’ top forward after signing in July 2022 as an unrestricted free agent from the Calgary Flames. According to a public post on a popular wedding site, he and Matthew Gaudreau were scheduled to be groomsmen in their sister Katie’s wedding Friday in Philadelphia. Gaudreau’s wife, Meredith, is listed as maid-of-honor.

  • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 years ago

    It wasn’t a ‘bike accident’ it was a drunk driver plowing into him and his brother the night before their sister’s wedding. I hope this guy is able to spend a LOT of time in prison to consider what he has done.

    • azimir@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      Our fucking stupid car enslaved cities claim another person’s life. It happens hundreds of times per day, thousands around the world. We have to change how we build our transit infrastructure to stop this horrific death mill we call roads.

      Hyperbolic? Maybe. Wrong? Not really.