Sean M Higgins shuns offer of 35 years in prisonPolice say 44-year-old hit brothers while over the limit
The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road pleaded not guilty to the indictment on Tuesday after turning down a prosecution offer of 35 years in prison.
Sean M Higgins, 44, appeared briefly in court in Salem county, New Jersey, and entered a formal plea to the recent indictment in the 29 August deaths. The case will now move toward trial.
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