Britt Reid, son of the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, Andy Reid and the team’s outside linebackers coach, was involved in a multi-car accident Thursday night that left a 5-year-old boy with life-threatening injuries, according to a team statement. and the police report.
According to the incident report provided by the Kansas City, Missouri police department, a vehicle ran out of gas on an entrance ramp for Interstate 435 in Kansas City Thursday night. After the driver asked his relatives for help, he brought a second car, which also parked on the ramp.
Britt Reid, son of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, is the team’s outside linebackers coach. Getty
According to the police report, a third car, which the television station of Kansas City, KSHB, notes was led by Britt Reid, approached and struck first on the left front of the decommissioned vehicle and then the rear of the second vehicle, where the 5-year-old boy was in the back seat along with a 4-year-old boy, who was also transferred in ambulance to a local hospital, but not seriously injured.
The station reported that Reid acknowledged to police that he was driving the third vehicle, according to a search warrant. The police report indicated that the driver of the third car suffered non-serious injuries and was being investigated for possible intoxication.
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According to the search warrant obtained by the KSHB, the Kansas City police officer said Reid’s eyes were red and the officer smelled “a mild odor of alcoholic beverages.” The warrant went on to say that Reid told the officer that he had two or three drinks and that he also took prescription Adderall.
“The organization has been informed of a multi-car accident involving the outside linebacker coach, Britt Reid“The Chiefs stated in a statement Friday.” We are in the process of gathering information and will have no further comment at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved. “
The Kansas City Chiefs are scheduled to travel to Tampa for Super Bowl LV on Saturday. AP Photo
None of those involved in the accident are identified by name in the police report.
The driver of the disabled vehicle was inside the car at the time of the first crash, but was not injured, according to the police report, and the driver of the second car and an adult passenger in the front seat were also not injured.
Britt Reid was scheduled to travel with the Chiefs on Saturday heading to Super Bowl LV against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Florida.
