KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Former Chiefs assistant linebackers coach Britt Reid has been charged with drunk driving in connection with a February 4 crash that involved a 5-year-old girl with a thromatic brain injury
The Jackson County Prosecutor announced Monday that Reid, 35, has been accused of DWI serious bodily injury, a Class D felony with a possible prison sentence of one to seven years. Prosecutors have requested $ 100,000 bail.
According to a paper with the likely cause of the KCPD, Reid’s “serum alcohol concentration in the blood” was 0.113% two hours after the crash, which is more than the legal limit of 0.08%.
Reid – who served as a coach outside linebackers to his father, Andy Reid’s, coaching staff to the Chiefs – reportedly crashed his Dodge Ram pickup into two cars on the verge of the road shortly after 9 p.m. at the driveway Southbound from Stadium Drive to the Interstate. 435 in Kansas City, Missouri.
The crash occurred three days before the Chiefs played LV in Super Bowl. Britt Reid was not present at the game.
According to a criminal complaint filed with the Jackson County Circuit Court, Britt Reid “acted with criminal negligence by speeding, unaware of a disabled vehicle, striking it and, as a result, causing serious bodily harm to a disabled vehicle. “a child in one of the vehicles.
Reid’s vehicle hit a disabled Chevrolet Impala, which ran out of gas and would not start, and a Chevrolet Traverse SUV, which had arrived to assist the first vehicle, according to a report. partially redacted KCPD crash report
The drivers of the two vehicles parked on the side of the road added gas to the Impala, but it still wouldn’t start. The driver was out of his vehicle and was removing jumper cables from the trunk of the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Britt Reid was driving nearly 83 mph – or 18 mph over the stated speed limit – when the first crash occurred, according to court records.
His truck slammed off the front left side of the Impala and was still at close to 110 mph when it collided with the Traverse, which was parked in front of the Impala, according to a probable cause statement from the KCPD.
Two children, including 5-year-old Ariel Young, were in Traverse. Ariel was with a life-threatening brain injury as well as a skull fracture and subdural hematomas, according to police records.
Ariel, who remained in the hospital from March 27, had sat in the third row of seats near where Britt Reid’s truck hit the car.
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The other child in the car, Young’s cousin, was also taken to hospital on the night of the crash, but she suffered no serious injuries. She was in the second row of the car.
“The Kansas City Chiefs organization remains steadfast in our concern for all affected by this tragic accident,” the Chiefs said in a statement Monday after the allegations were announced. “Our prayers are focused on Ariel’s continued healing and recovery. The Chiefs are in regular contact with the family’s designated representative during this challenging time.”
Ariel’s mother, Felicia, and her sister, who was also in the car with her young daughter, told police that they were both knocked unconscious in the wreckage. Both were also monitored by emergency responders.
The crash occurred near the Truman Sports Complex, but prosecutors said they have no direct evidence that Reid was drinking at Arrowhead Stadium.
However, Britt Reid admitted to police that he “left work” just before the crash. He said he looked over his left shoulder “to evaluate traffic so that he could merge” at the time of the crash, according to a likely cause statement.
Britt Reid said the Impala had no light, so he didn’t see it.
According to an search warrant application 41 Action News obtained the day after the crash, Reid told a KCPD officer at the scene that he had had two to three drinks.
An officer from the KCPD DUI unit smelled the alcohol from Reid’s breath and said his eyes were red and bloodshot. Sobriety tests conducted on the spot also indicated that Reid was under the influence.
Britt Reid underwent surgery after the crashhis father said. The likely cause indicates that he suffered “blunt force trauma to his groin that required emergency surgery.”
Six days after the crash, Chiefs officials said Britt Reid was no longer with the team, who did not renew his contract. He has worked for the Chiefs since his father joined the organization for the 2013 season.
The NFL continues to monitor the situation.
“We have been closely monitoring all developments in the case that are still being judged by the league’s personal behavior policies,” said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy.
Before that, Britt Reid spent time in a Pennsylvania prison afterward aim a gun at another driver during a traffic accident in January 2007.
He pleaded guilty to charges of carrying an unlicensed firearm, simple assault, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of a criminal instrument in connection with the incident, according to Montgomery County, Pnennsylvania, Court Reports
Pending a court date, Britt Reid was arrested again on August 23, 2007 and charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.
His bond was rescinded in the first case after the second arrest.
Ultimately, Britt Reid was sentenced to eight to 23 months in prison for the first incident and one to six months in prison for the second. He was released on parole in February 2008 and fined more than $ 10,000 in total.
A graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, Britt Reid began his NFL career as an intern with the Eagles on his father’s staff in 2009.
He worked as a defensive quality control coach at Kansas City in 2013 and 2014 before being promoted to assistant defensive line coach in 2015.
He served as the Chiefs’ defensive line coach from 2016-18 before moving to the coach of the outside linebackers for the past two seasons.
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