Britt Reid, the son of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and the team’s founding coach, was involved Thursday night in a multi-car accident that left a 5-year-old with life-threatening injuries, according to a press release. the team and the police report.
Reid, who was scheduled to leave the Super Bowl LV against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is not expected to travel to Tampa, Florida, a source told ESPN.
According to an incident report provided by the Missouri Kansas City Police Department (KCPD), a car ran out of gas on a ramp at Interstate 435 in Kansas City on Thursday night. After the driver called the relatives for help, a second car arrived, still parking on the ramp.
According to the police report, a third car, which Kansas City KSHB television says was driven by Britt Reid, then came and hit first the left front of the disabled vehicle and then the rear of the disabled vehicle. the second vehicle, where – an old child was in the back seat, along with a 4-year-old child, who was also taken by ambulance to a local hospital, but with life-threatening injuries .
The station said Reid admitted to police that he was driving a third car, according to a search warrant. The police report states that the driver of the third car suffered non-life-threatening injuries and that he is being investigated for a possible deficiency.
According to the search warrant obtained by KSHB, a KCPD officer said that Reid’s eyes were swallowed by blood and the officer smelled “a moderate smell of alcohol”. The warrant went on to say that Reid told the officer that he drank two to three drinks and that he also took an Adderall prescription.
“The organization has been informed of a multi-vehicle accident involving Outside Linebackers coach Britt Reid,” the chiefs said in a statement on Friday. “We are collecting information and will have no further comment at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved.”
No one involved in the multicar accident is identified by name in the police report.
The driver of the disabled vehicle was inside the car at the time of the first collision, but was not injured, according to the police report, and the driver of the second vehicle and an adult passenger in the front seat were not injured.
Reid, 35, joined the bosses in 2013 as a defensive assistant coach. He became an assistant defensive line coach in 2015 and a defensive line coach in 2016. He became a defensive line coach in 2019.
Reid pleaded guilty to DUI in 2008. A year earlier, he pleaded guilty to throwing a weapon at another motorist and was sentenced to eight to 23 months in prison.