Joseph Savarino, the grandson of former Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, faces a misdemeanor charge of driving while impaired in a crash that resulted in the death of a 15-year-old boy in North Carolina.
According to WRAL News — an NBC TV affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina — Savarino is accused of hitting a cyclist riding their electric bike at 9 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 18, at the intersection of Cole Mill Road and Wyndham Lane in Durham, North Carolina. WRAL reports that the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to online records from the Durham County Sheriff’s Office, Savarino, 26, was booked into jail at 2:45 a.m. ET on Sunday, April 19, before posting out on $100,000 bond on Monday, April 20.
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According to a public report of the incident obtained by WRAL News, Savarino told police he had been drinking earlier in the night, and that his blood alcohol content level registered at 0.11 on a breathalyzer test. WRAL also reported that a judge issued an order to revoke Savarino’s driving license.
Savarino is the son of Krzyzewski’s daughter, Debbie Savarino, according to a 2024 article from the Raleigh News & Observer.
Krzyzewski has been retired from coaching since the end of the 2021-22 season. He served as the Blue Devils’ coach for 42 seasons and posted a career overall record of 1,129-309.
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