NHL player Johnny Gaudreau aka Johnny Hockey and his brother Matthew killed by drunk driver.

[mystery_man]

RIP, fuck drunk drivers.

*both brothers were in the area to attend their sister's wedding and were run over while biking, POS drunk driver faces 10 years max per death in NJ.

 

[drakebling]

God what a shit day for their parents

 

[ZeroK]

RIP. He Played Left Wing And Was Known As Johnny Hockey

 

[Bad Hippo]

They've both gone to that Great Ice Rink in the sky....

 

[(G.O.A.T.) Tubemonkey]

Looking at that Public Defender I think I'd roll the dice and plead guilty.

 

[dwdays]

That’s pretty fucked up

 

[badangel7]

there is no excuse for drunk driving
at least he didn't run over children

 

[DeathMetalWife]

Only 20yrs possible as a max sentence? What? Wow.

 

[Fact21]

Legend Nickey Hayden…..he was taken out training in his bicycle. RIP to all of the legends taken to early.

 

[Harumph]

Beanpot winners are legendary both in Boston, MA and in New England. R.I.P.

Beanpot (ice hockey) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Ward Cleaver]

I don't understand why on earth Johnny and his brother thought it would be a good idea to take a bike ride at night...in the dark...on an unlit, two-lane county highway, with no shoulder, that mostly runs between farm fields.

Sunset in Salem County, New Jersey on Thursday was around 7:30 P.M., and they got hit at around 8:30 P.M.
They were riding in the dark...on the edge of an unlit, two-lane, county highway.

It's not as if they were foolish teenagers...Johnny was 31, with a wife, and the father of two young children...his brother was 29, also married, and his wife was pregnant with their child.

This picture depicts just about the exact location where they would have been hit on their bicycles on Thursday night...

Some news stories state that they were riding bicycles "on the shoulder of the road."
But County Road 551 (or "51") does not have shoulders...as you can see in the picture.

It's an unlit rural highway, with mostly farming land on either side. They were riding bicycles...at night...on the side of the highway, near the white line...that's confirmed, because the driver who hit them never left the highway (into the grass).

In fact, given the circumstances (two bicyclists riding down the edge of an unlit highway at night)...I seriously doubt that the driver who hit them would have even been charged with anything if he would have been sober, instead of "driving under the influence."

Regards,
-Ward

 

[Ravishing Rick Rude]

I don't understand why on earth Johnny and his brother thought it would be a good idea to take a bike ride at night...in the dark...on an unlit, two-lane county highway, with no shoulder, that mostly runs between farm fields.

Sunset in Salem County, New Jersey on Thursday was around 7:30 P.M., and they got hit at around 8:30 P.M.
They were riding in the dark...on the edge of an unlit, two-lane, county highway.

It's not as if they were foolish teenagers...Johnny was 31, with a wife, and the father of two young children...his brother was 29, also married, and his wife was pregnant with their child.

This picture depicts just about the exact location where they would have been hit on their bicycles on Thursday night...

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Some news stories state that they were riding bicycles "on the shoulder of the road."
But County Road 551 (or "51") does not have shoulders...as you can see in the picture.

It's an unlit rural highway, with mostly farming land on either side. They were riding bicycles...at night...on the side of the highway, near the white line...that's confirmed, because the driver who hit them never left the highway (into the grass).

In fact, given the circumstances (two bicyclists riding down the edge of an unlit highway at night)...I seriously doubt that the driver who hit them would have even been charged with anything if he would have been sober, instead of "driving under the influence."

Regards,
-Ward

Interesting way to look at it, irregardless, the guy driving is at fault , and should be punished according

 

[badangel7]

Interesting way to look at it, irregardless, the guy driving is at fault , and should be punished according

yes
doesn't matter if they jumped in front of his car
he was impaired at the wheel
his reflexes and judgement were compromised
HIS FAULT

 

[mrln]

i havent heard anything like if these guys were wearing high visibility vests of had lights on their bikes either. at least if one is going to be riding in such an area,common sense would tell you to do something like that. be noticed from a distance. if they had,then maybe theyd be alive today and this guy woouldnt be locked up that night,but possibly during the weekend.
because lets face it. getting away with something, only increases the odds of getting caught.

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

Sad for their mom, must be tough on her.

 

[mystery_man]