Durham police charge driver with 15-year-old bike rider’s death in April crash

The Durham man charged with driving while impaired in a crash that killed a 15-year-old boy in April now faces charges for the teen’s death.

Durham police have charged Joseph Savarino, 26, with felony death by motor vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and failure to reduce speed, they said in a release Thursday.

The new charges are in addition to the misdemeanor DWI he was charged with after he was arrested at the crash scene and told police he’d been drinking. Police said he was driving northwest on Cole Mill Road just before 9 p.m. on April 18 when the juvenile “entered his path” while riding an e-bike in the same direction…

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