Matthew Gaudreau‘s wife has just given birth to their son … four short months later, he and his brother Johnny were killed by an alleged drunk driver.
Madeleine Gaudreau broke the news early Sunday morning on Instagram … sharing a photo of their little boy holding her hand and revealing that she named him. Tripp:.
In her caption, Madeline writes that Tripp is “Mom and Dad’s world”…keeping Matthew’s presence alive in the family.BTW, Matthew helped pick the name before he passed, it seems.
As you know… Matthew and Johnny were riding their bikes after 8pm in Oldmans Township, New Jersey when they were rear-ended by an alleged drunk driver.
Police say two were seriously injured and died at the scene … and a man named Sean Higgins was arrested on two counts of death by motor vehicle.
Body camera footage taken shortly after the Gaudreaus were hit show the officers Putting Higgins through a series of field sobriety tests before handcuffing him.
Matthew’s wife revealed how excited he was to become a father at his eulogy Days after his murder… For advice from John.’
Matthew was 29 and John was 31.
R.I.P
