Hockey Players Johnny & Matthew Gaudreau Pass Away

[tillychar]

Columbus Blue Jackets winger Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and his brother Matthew, 29, were killed Thursday after being struck by a vehicle while riding their bicycles.

Both brothers were supposed to serve as groomsmen in their sister Katie’s wedding on Friday. pic.twitter.com/FnQvFLYHVh
- Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 30, 2024
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Comments

[blackstarnebula]

What a tragedy. Especially at a time when the family expected to be celebrating.

I literally cannot imagine the pain. I think they’re a family of four kids, so now only the 2 sisters are left.

The drunk driver could rot under the jail. Heard he had 6 beers before driving and failed the sobriety test. So needlessly reckless.

[solookup]

More news is coming in that he was STILL drinking in the car while driving and had open cans in there.

Like he couldn't have waited a fucking extra second behind the cars for his turn and decided everyone is a moron for going around cyclists.

[littlebones]

apparently he thought the car in front of him was moving to block him from passing. road rage is such a problem.

[goldenhera]

Yeah this is a two fold problem, drunk driving and road rage. A family friend was hit by a car in a similar situation. She was in the crosswalk and a car was stopped as she passed when a driver swung around that car and hit her. Thankfully she survived but this kind of reckless behavior is very common in sober drivers. I've almost been hit myself countless times.

[squirrels_oh_no]

And it came out today (in the central NC news at least) that he was a previous offender for DUI in NC. So a repeat offender. Fucking hell...

https://www.wral.com/story/nhl-player-johnny-gaudreau-dies-at-31/21602382/ Ok I was wrong, he was arrested and charged but the case was dismissed because the LEO didn't show up to the court date. WTF.

[tanglespiders]

add it to the list of cops being worthless

[squirrels_oh_no]

ACAB - the guy who didn't show up to court and whoever in law enforcement who seemingly leaked this like an hour after the crash last night. I hope the family was notified before it leaked onto Twitter.

[callonme_84]

How does something like that happen! (Kind of rhetorical) bc I get speeding tickets and red light camera tickets and the cop doesn’t show up and mine isn’t dismissed .

Very negligent of the judge.

[mylittlehipster]

absolutely horrendous story, every update is worse and worse