Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Gaudreau’s sister updated her wedding ring to remember her two brothers.
Both Johnny and Matthew died the night before their sister, Katie Gaudreau was set to get married. The brothers were biking together in Oldmans Township, New Jersey on Aug. 29, when they were struck by a man suspected of drunk driving.
In an earlier Instagram post, Katie detailed the moment she learned about her brothers’ deaths on her wedding day.
“That day,” she wrote in the caption. “Right in the middle of getting ready for the best day of my life the unthinkable happens that will change my life forever.”
“I remember a week ago being in the hotel sitting with family and texting Devin about how we forgot to practice our dip. To think that was our biggest worry at this moment when in just a split second and a phone call later our lives would forever change,” Katie continued.
“Remember to tell your people you love them,” she urged others. “I would do anything to tell my big brothers I love them one more time.”
Now she’s sharing the addition she made to her wedding ring so that her brothers are with her forever.
“Forever with me now. J&M,” Katie wrote alongside a photo of the letters “J” and “M” inscribed on the inside of her wedding band.
Both Johnny and Matthew were to be groomsmen at her wedding.
In a statement shared with People, the New Jersey State Police say the driver of the vehicle, identified as 43-year-old Sean M. Higgins, “fatally struck the brothers as he attempted to pass another vehicle.” He faces two counts of death by auto.