The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, as they cycled on a rural New Jersey road has pleaded not guilty after turning down a proposed plea agreement.

Sean Higgins, the suspected drunken driver accused in the deaths of former NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother last year, pleaded not guilty to all charges stemming from the fatal crash.

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),