Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau has died, the team announced Friday. He was 31.
Gaudreau’s 29-year-old brother Matthew has also died, the team said. Columbus’s statement did not provide any details on the circumstances of the brothers’ death, but Fox 29 Philadelphia reports that they were killed while bicycling in southern New Jersey Thursday night. The Gaudreau brothers were cycling on a road in Oldmans Township, N.J., near their hometown of Carneys Point when they were struck by a car at about 8:30 p.m., according to Fox 29. The driver of the car did stay at the scene, police said.
