Wrongful Death Lawsuit Proceeds in Killing of 10-Year-Old Apex Girl by Allegedly Impaired Boater
A wrongful death civil lawsuit has been filed in Wake County Superior Court by the parents of 10-year-old Brooklyn Carroll, who was killed in Harris Lake over a year ago. The lawsuit names Quinten Kight, the alleged operator of the boat, Annemarie Flanigan, the boat's owner, and other passengers. Prosecutors allege that Kight was operating the motor vessel under the influence of an impairing substance when he drove Flanigan's boat into Carroll and Jennifer Stehle, who was also seriously injured and had her leg amputated. Authorities reportedly found 39 empty beer cans in the boat. Kight, 40, faces a felony charge for operating a motor vessel while impaired and unintentionally causing death. Flanigan is charged with felony death by impaired boating, serious injury via impaired boating, and aiding and abetting boating while impaired. Judge Bryan Collins has set the civil trial to begin in August 2027. 
