Kansas City bosses announced Tuesday that team back coach Britt Reid has been placed on administrative leave following his involvement in a car accident that injured a 5-year-old girl. The crash happened on Feb. 4, three days before the Chiefs lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV.
A 5-year-old child was critically injured, and a four-year-old child suffered non-life-threatening injuries, reports the CBS affiliate KCTV-TV.
“We remain in the process of collecting information on the incident and will continue to assist local authorities as requested,” the chiefs said in a statement. “Our focus remains on Ariel Young and her family. We have contacted the family to provide them with support and resources at this difficult time and we will continue to pray for their recovery ”.
Reid, the son of head coach Andy Reid, was involved in a multi-vehicle accident on the night of February 4th. driven by relatives of the driver of the first car. A woman in the second car told police she crawled out of the vehicle and asked Reid to call 911 because she had lost her phone in the crash, according to KCTV.
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Police said in a search warrant that when they arrived at the scene, Reid smelled of alcohol and had bleeding eyes, according to KCTV. When asked if he drank, an officer said Reid told him he had “2-3 drinks,” KCTV reports.
Police confiscated Reid’s cell phone to try to determine if he may have used it before the crash, according to KCTV.
Reid has dealt with legal issues and drugs in the past. In 2007, a judge compared the Reids House to adrug emporium“And called Reid an ‘addict’ after sentencing him and his brother, Garrett Reid, to prison for separate incidents.
Reid joined the bosses in 2013, the same year his father was hired as head coach, as a defensive coach for quality control. Reid has been the outfield coach for the past two seasons.