Wife of Johnny Gaudreau shares heartfelt tribute after NHL player and brother are killed by drunk driver

Meredith Gaudreau, the wife of Columbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau, broke her silence on social media with a touching tribute to her husband after he and his brother, Matthew, were tragically killed when they were struck by a suspected drunk driver on the eve of their sister’s wedding.

Meredith shared two posts on Instagram that included a series of pictures that depicted their relationship over the years. 

"Thank you for the best years of my life. Despite losing you, I am still the luckiest girl in the world to have been yours," she wrote.  

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"I love you so so much. You were perfect. Some days it felt too good to [be] true. I love every single thing about you. You are my forever and I can’t wait to be with you again. I love you so much forever and ever."

Meredith shared a second post dedicated to Gaudreau being the "absolute best dad in the world." 

The couple shared two children together, two-year-old Noa and six-month old Johnny.

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"The absolute best dad in the world. So caring and loving. The best partner to go through parenthood with. John never missed a single appointment," She wrote. "Was the best at putting the baby to sleep and the Apple of Noa’s eye. I love how much she looks like him. We are going to make you proud. We love you so so so much daddy."

The Gaudreau family suffered an unimaginable loss when, on Thursday night, the day before Katie Gaudreau’s wedding, 43-year-old Sean Higgins struck the brothers on a rural road in New Jersey as they were cycling. 

New Jersey State Police said that Higgins, who was suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol, had attempted to pass two other vehicles on the right and struck the Gaudreau brothers from behind. 

Higgins was arrested and charged. Police said he failed a field sobriety test and also admitted to a responding officer to having consumed five or six beers before the accident. He also admitted to having consumed alcohol while driving, police added.

After his death, it was reported that Matthew Gaudreau, 29, was expecting his first child with his wife, Madeline. An online registry for the couple revealed that baby Tripp is due at the end of December. 

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Trump impersonates Elon Musk talking about rockets: ‘I’m doing a new stainless steel hub’

Former President Trump offered his impersonation of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk at an event in Washington, D.C., this week, drawing laughter from a crowd as he pretended to be talking about the development of rockets. 

Trump told an audience at the annual Moms for Liberty conference Thursday that Musk gave him a "tremendous endorsement" and described him as a "very different kind of a guy as he thinks [when] he talks." 

"With Elon, it's like, 'well, you know, I'm doing a new stainless steel hub that can get us around the engines much quicker,’" Trump said. "’Because there's a problem with the type of engine going into space nowadays.'" 

"’But in the end I think we can have a good hookup because of the new foils that are coming up,'" Trump joked. 

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"And I'm hearing everything that's going through his mind. But he is like, he's a super genius guy," Trump added. 

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"I'm a huge fan of his electric car, I think it's incredible, his car," Trump also said. "I think of he does and I'm a big fan of electric, but they don't go far and they are expensive."