NHL celebrity Johnny Gaudreau and his little brother, Matthew, died simply hours earlier than their sister was set to get married.
Katie Gaudreau and Devin Joyce had been scheduled to the tie the knot at a ceremony at 1:45 PM on Friday at a church in New Jersey. In keeping with Katie’s Instagram web page, the couple had really rehearsed the occasion on Thursday evening — simply earlier than the Gaudreau brothers had been tragically killed.
Katie and Devin’s registry confirmed Johnny and Matthew had been each slated to be groomsmen. Johnny’s youngsters had been listed as the marriage’s flower woman and ring bearer. Johnny’s different sister, in the meantime, was named one of many maids of honor.
It isn’t clear but if the nuptials have been postponed … we have reached out to church officers for remark, however have not heard again.
As we beforehand reported, Johnny — the Columbus Blue Jackets’ finest participant — and Matthew had been using bicycles at 8:19 PM in Oldmans Township when an alleged drunk driver struck them from behind.
Cops say the 2 sustained critical accidents and died on the scene. Police added the motive force, Sean Higgins, was arrested on two counts of dying by auto for his function within the crash.
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Johnny was 31 years outdated. Matthew was simply 29.
RIP.
