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KILLED BY A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER THE DAY BEFORE THEIR SISTER WAS TO BE MARRIED. >> Reporter: OUTSIDE THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKET STADIUM, FLOWERS. ON THURSDAY NIGHT POLICE SAY THE 31-YEAR-OLD AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WERE KILLED BY A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER WHILE RIDING BIKES NEAR THEIR HOMETOWN. JOHNNY WAS THE FATHER OF A BABY BOY AND GIRL, MATTHEW A HOCKEY COACH AND HUSBAND. FRIDAY THEIR SISTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MARRIED. THE DRIVER, SEAN HIGGINS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF VEHICULAR HOMICIDE. HE TOLD AN OFFICER HE HAD FIVE TO SIX BEERS HE ADMITTED ALCOHOL CONTRIBUTED TO HIS INPATIENTS AND RECKLESS DRIVING. HE TRIED TO PASS AN SUV HITTING THE BROTHERS. HIGGINS HAS NOT ENTERED A PLEA. THE BROTHER'S UNCLE WRITING LAST NIGHT WE LOST TWO HUSBANDS, TWO FATHERS, TWO SONS, TWO BROTHERS, TRULY TWO AMAZING HUMANS. JERRY YORK WAS THEIR COACH AT BOSTON COLLEGE. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY MADE AN IMPRESSION AT BOSTON COLLEGE. >> THEY DID. THE WAY THEY CARRIED THEMSELVES AROUND THE CAMPUS WAS SOMETHING A COACH DREAMS ABOUT. >> Reporter: THE BLUE JACKETS WRITING THEY ARE DEVASTATED. TOM COACHED ALONGSIDE THEIR DAD IN NEW JERSEY. >> PEOPLE KNOW THEM AS HOCKEY PLAYERS BUT IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY TIGHT FAMILY. JUST A HORRIBLE DAY. >> Reporter: BACK IN OHIO, JOHNNY'S INJURE IS A FAVORITE AMONG YOUTH PLAYERS. ONE COACH SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD YEAR.