Prosecutors hit back at claims the New Jersey man who allegedly fatally 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 .075, below the legal limit of .08 and below .087 – the level prosecutors claim Higgins had the night of the crash.
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