BREAKING NEWS: NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, 31, and his brother Matthew, 29 killed in horror New Jersey bicycle accident ‘just hours before their sister’s wedding’

Columbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau and younger brother Matthew were tragically killed in a bike accident in New Jersey on Thursday night.

Gaudreau, a 31-year-old NHL veteran who had spent the last two seasons with the Blue Jackets, was believed to have been cycling with Matthew, 29, in Oldmans Township when the fatal crash occurred at around 8:30pm.

The two brothers were struck and killed by another vehicle on Pennsville Auburn Road near Stumpy Lane, according to details from local news station 6 ABC. The driver is said to have stayed at the scene after the accident.

It is believed they died on the eve of their sister Katie’s wedding.

Johnny leaves behind wife Meredith, whom he married in September 2021, and two young children in one-year-old daughter Noa and baby boy Johnny Jr, who has born just six months ago.