Prosecutors in Johnny Gaudreau DUI case hit back at claims driver wasn’t drunk when NHL great, brother were mowed down: ‘extreme indifference to human life’

Source: New York Post

Prosecutors hit back at claims that the New Jersey man who allegedly mowed down NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother wasn’t actually drunk — and say they have plenty of other damning evidence anyway. Sean Higgins, 44, who is charged with reckless vehicular homicide and aggravated manslaughter, showed “extreme indifference to human life” in the August 2024 alleged hit-and-run, prosecutor Michael Mestern wrote in papers made public Monday. Higgins has been seeking to get the case thrown out on the grounds that a defense expert found that his blood-alcohol content was actually .