Britt Reid, the previous exterior linebackers coach of the Kansas City Chiefs and the son of the top coach Andy Reid, was charged Monday with one rely of driving whereas intoxicated when he crashed into two vehicles, leaving a baby severely injured. The collision occurred simply days earlier than the Chiefs performed within the Super Bowl in February.
If Reid, 35, is convicted of the cost, a felony, he faces as much as seven years in jail. The authorized motion might additionally enhance scrutiny on the Chiefs’ office. Reid crashed a couple of mile from the workforce’s advanced at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., and in response to the charging doc, Reid informed law enforcement officials responding to the collision that he had simply left work earlier than it occurred.
On Feb. four at about 9 p.m., Reid crashed his truck into two vehicles that had been pulled over on a freeway entrance ramp. One of the automobiles had stalled, and the motive force referred to as a cousin for assist.
Shortly earlier than the crash Reid was driving 83.9 miles per hours in a 65 m.p.h. zone, in response to the charging doc. Because the shoulder of the doorway ramp was slim, the automobiles had been sticking a foot or two out into the roadway. Reid informed officers that he had been glancing over his shoulder making ready to merge earlier than he struck the vehicles, and that he had not seen the primary automobile as a result of its lights had been off.
The driver of the primary automotive informed the police that he had activated his hazard lights, however that they could have gone useless as a result of the automotive’s battery was weak.
Officers responding to the crash wrote in an announcement that Reid smelled of alcohol and that his eyes had been bloodshot. His blood alcohol focus two hours after the crash was .113, the assertion stated. The authorized restrict to function a motorized vehicle in Missouri is .08.
The results of the crash had been catastrophic. A 5-year-old lady within the second automotive that was struck sustained a extreme traumatic mind harm, mind contusions and subdural hematomas, amongst different accidents. According to a crowd fund-raising marketing campaign began for the lady, she remained within the hospital at the very least seven weeks after the crash. An grownup who was in the identical automotive had a concussion and facial lacerations.
Reid was additionally severely injured. He sustained a “blunt force trauma injury to his groin” that required emergency surgical procedure, in response to the charging doc.
Jean Peters Baker, the prosecutor in Jackson County, Mo., stated in an interview that felony driving whereas intoxicated was the very best cost Reid may very well be given. Missouri revised its felony code in 2017, simplifying D.W.I. legal guidelines, and Baker stated that below the previous code Reid in all probability would have acquired extra costs.
Baker stated she didn’t have direct proof about whether or not or not Reid was consuming on the Chiefs workplaces, however she stated the authorities do have proof from when he left Arrowhead Stadium.
“Mr. Reid voluntarily appeared before the court for his initial appearance and was released on conditions of bond,” Reid’s lawyer, J.R. Hobbs, stated in an announcement. “A status conference will be set in the future, as is customary. There will be no further comment at this time.”
A spokesman for N.F.L. didn’t reply to a request for remark.
In an announcement, a spokesman for the Kansas City Chiefs stated the group “remains steadfast in our concern for all who have been impacted by this tragic accident.” The assertion added that the Chiefs had been “regularly” in touch with the consultant of the household of the lady who was injured.
The crash occurred on the Thursday evening earlier than Super Bowl LV, which the Chiefs misplaced to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Chiefs flew from Kansas City to Tampa, Fla., that Saturday, however Britt Reid didn’t be a part of the workforce. The workforce put him on administrative depart, and shortly after the Super Bowl his contract with the Chiefs expired and was not renewed.
Britt Reid was a Chiefs coach for eight years, beginning when his father turned the workforce’s head coach. He was additionally a graduate assistant coach with Temple University, and an intern with the Philadelphia Eagles whereas his father was the coach there.
He has confronted authorized costs quite a lot of instances beforehand. In 2007, when he was 22, Reid pleaded guilty to gun and drug charges after he brandished a handgun at one other driver in suburban Philadelphia. While out on bail earlier than the case was determined, he was arrested after driving into a shopping cart in a parking lot and ultimately pleaded responsible to driving below the affect and drug possession in that case.
