The plea offer recommended consecutive sentences of 15 years each for two charges of aggravated manslaughter, plus a five-year term.

Sean Higgins, the man accused of running down Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, has pled NOT GUILTY in a New Jersey courtroom. Last month Higgins was indicted on two counts of first-degree aggravated manslaughter (extreme indifference),

The New Jersey man suspected of driving drunk in the crash that killed Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau and his younger brother pleaded not guilty to six charges on Tuesday. Sean Higgins,

The case involving the fatal crash of NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, will now move toward trial.

Sean Higgins appeared before a Salem County judge for the first time since a grand jury indicted him on charges including reckless vehicular homicide and aggravated manslaughter in connection to the deaths of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau.