Family of girl killed in boat crash files wrongful death suit
ABOUT THE FALLOUT THAT AT 7
O'CLOCK. SEAN GALLAGHER BRINGS
U.S. CAMPUS REACTION NOW TO OUR
OTHER BREAKING STORY AT 6.
>> THE FAMILY OF 10 YEAR-OLD
BROOKLYN CARROLL HAS FILED A
WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT. CARROLL
WAS KILLED IN A BOAT CRASH ON
HARRIS LAKE IN AUGUST. 2 PEOPLE
ARE CRIMINALLY CHARGED IN HER
DEATH. WRAL'S ERIC MILLER HAS
BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR US
TODAY. ERIC, THERE ARE SOME
SERIOUS NEW ALLEGATIONS BEING
MADE HERE.
>> ASHLEY, THAT THERE ARE THESE
21 PAGE WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT WAS
FILED HERE IN WAKE COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT JUST HOURS AGO,
AS YOU SAID, SOME VERY SERIOUS
ACCUSATIONS AND NOT JUST
AGAINST QUINTON KITE. AND AND
MARIE FLANIGAN, THE 2 PEOPLE
FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THIS
CASE. THEY'RE ALSO THE 6
PASSENGERS IN THE BOAT WHO HAVE
BEEN NAMED IN THIS CIVIL SUIT.
THIS SUIT ARGUING THAT ALL 6 OF
THOSE PEOPLE WHO SUPPLIED KITE
WITH ALCOHOL OR LOOKED THE
OTHER WAY, DESPITE OBVIOUS
SIGNS HE WAS INTOXICATED WHILE
DRIVING THIS BOAT. NOW ALL OF
THIS GOES BACK ABOUT 2 MONTHS
TO THAT TERRIBLE DAY ON HARRIS
LAKE, 10 YEAR-OLD BROOKLYN
CARROLL WAS KILLED. ANOTHER
WOMAN, JENNIFER STALEY WAS
SERIOUSLY INJURED, ACCORDING
TO THIS NEW LAWSUIT, KITE HAD
A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL LEVEL
WHILE DRIVING OF 0.1 7%.
THAT'S MORE THAN TWICE THE
LEGAL LIMIT. THE SUIT ALSO
ACCUSES KIND OF TELLING PEOPLE
TO THROW ALCOHOL OVERBOARD
AFTER THE CRASH. ULTIMATELY THE
SUIT CLAIMS OFFICERS RECOVERED
89 CANNES OF HARD SELTZER AND
OTHER DRINKS FIRM IN AND AROUND
THE BOAT. RICHLAND HILLS
PARENTS ALSO RELEASED A
STATEMENT TODAY THROUGH THEIR
ATTORNEY. THAT STATEMENT READS,
WE SENT BROOKLYN TO SHARON
HARRIS REZ WAR ON AUGUST.
2ND WITH A FRIEND WE NEVER
IMAGINED WE'D BE FILING A
WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT JUST
OVER 2 MONTHS LATER BECAUSE OF
WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. WE MISS
BROOKLYN. MORE THAN WORDS COULD
EVER CONVEY THAT. WE CONTINUE
TO FIND WAYS TO DISCOVER JOY TO
OUR FAMILY AND OUR FRIENDS.
THAT'S WHAT BROOKLYN WOULD HAVE
WANTED AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO
HONOR HER MEMORY. THE SUIT IS
SEEKING MORE THAN $100,000
WORTH OF DAMAGES HERE. WE TRIED
TO REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY WHO'S
NAME TO YOUR FLANAGAN KITE, AS
WELL AS THOSE OTHER 6
DEFENDANTS SO FAR CALLS EITHER
HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED OR WE