A television anchor in Winston-Salem who faces three charges for a fatal wreck now also is being sued by the father of the man who died in the wreck.The wrongful death lawsuit was filed last week in Forsyth County Superior Court against WXII anchor Tolly Carr and three bars that the lawsuit says served Carr the night in March that Casey Bokhoven, 26, was killed.
Thomas Comerford, an attorney for Bokhoven’s father, Howard Bokhoven, filed the lawsuit.
Casey Bokhoven was killed March 11. Police said Carr drove through a construction zone, ran off the road and hit Bokhoven. He was indicted April 23 on three charges: felony death by motor vehicle, felony serious injury by vehicle and DWI.
Police said Carr’s blood-alcohol content was .13 percent about four hours after the wreck. The legal legal limit for driving in North Carolina is .08 percent.