HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Laurens County family whose vehicle was hit head-on by an alleged drunken driver in June is suing the Horry County bar SBB and its owners, claiming he was allowed to get behind the wheel of a pickup truck after being served too much alcohol.
The Crowder family’s lawsuit, filed on Nov. 7 in Horry County Common Pleas Court, names Kelvin Patrick Alvey, the driver of the pickup truck; Rebecca Polatas, the truck’s owner; Four Snakes Capital LLC, doing business as SBB; Highway 17 Investments, doing business as SBB; and Murrells Inlet Management Group LLC.
The lawsuit claims the bar ignored its written policies regarding serving alcohol to visibly intoxicated patrons when Alvey was allowed to drive away from the bar, located at 3393 Highway 17 South in Murrells Inlet, after attending a concert on June 29…