'Unfathomable sadness': Driver charged with DWI, family mourns boy killed in Durham e-bike crash
WRAL • • nation
Key Points:
- Joseph Savarino, 26-year-old grandson of Duke basketball legend Mike Krzyzewski, is charged with misdemeanor driving while impaired after hitting and killing 15-year-old bicyclist Jack O'Shea in Durham.
- The crash occurred Saturday night near Cole Mill Road and Wyndham Lane; the victim died at the scene, and Savarino had a 0.11 blood alcohol content according to a breathalyzer test.
- Savarino was held on a $100,000 bond, which he has since posted, and a judge revoked his driver's license; his brother Michael Savarino was also previously charged with DWI.
- Jack O’Shea, a freshman baseball player at Cardinal Gibbons High School, was remembered by his mother as a bright and athletic teenager, with the school holding a memorial mass in his honor.
- The family plans to announce funeral details soon and has requested prayers and support during their time of grief.
