Matthew Gaudreau was about to develop into a dad when he and his brother Johnny Gaudreau had been fatally struck by a automotive in New Jersey.

The 29-year-old’s spouse Madeline Gaudreau is presently pregnant with the couple’s first child, who shall be named Tripp, in accordance with a GoFundMe web page arrange by household Aug. 30. 

“We’re heartbroken to share the devastating information that the Gaudreau household has skilled a tragic and unfathomable loss,” fundraiser’s description learn. “On August 29, 2024, a automotive accident took the lives of Matthew and his brother John.”

In a picture from a current bachelorette occasion for sister-in-law Katie Gaudreau, Madeline appeared to cradle her child bump as she posed with different company.

Matthew and Johnny, 31, had been driving on bikes on a rural street at round 8 p.m. once they had been hit from the again by a Jeep Grand Cherokee trying to go to a different automobile, Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron of the New Jersey State Police advised E! Information in an announcement.