Sean Higgins Was Legally Drunk When He Struck NHL’s Johnny Gaudreau
Sean Higgins, the man accused of striking and killing NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they cycled on Aug. 29, had a blood alcohol level of .087 at the time of the incident—over the .08 legal limit for intoxication in New Jersey.
At a bail hearing on Friday, prosecutors also alleged that Higgins, who faces two counts of second-degree death by auto, has a history of aggressive driving and road rage. They pointed to a phone conversation between Higgins and his wife after his arrest.
“‘You were probably driving like a nut like I always tell you you do. And you don’t listen to me, instead you just yell at me,’” she told him, according to Salem County prosecutor Jonathan Flynn.