Britt Reid, the son of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and the team’s remote linebackers coach, was involved in a multicar accident Thursday night in which a 5-year-old child sustained life-threatening injuries, according to a team statement and police report.
Reid, who was scheduled to leave with the Chiefs on Saturday for Super Bowl LV against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is now not expected to travel to Tampa, Florida, a source told ESPN.
According to an incident report from the Kansas City Missouri Police Department (KCPD), a car ran out of gas in a driveway to Interstate 435 in Kansas City on Thursday night. After the driver called next of kin for help, a second car arrived and parked in the driveway as well.
According to the police report, a third car, which Kansas City television station KSHB says was driven by Britt Reid, came by and hit the left front of the disabled vehicle first and then the rear of the second vehicle, where the 5-year-old – old child sat in the back seat along with a 4-year-old child, who was also taken by ambulance to a regional hospital but with non-life-threatening injuries.
The agency said Reid had acknowledged to police that he was driving the third car, according to a search warrant. The police report said the driver of the third car sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was investigated for possible limitations.
According to the KSHB search warrant, a KCPD officer said that Reid’s eyes were bloodshot and that the officer smelled “a mild odor of alcoholic beverages.” The order went on to say that Reid told the officer that he had had two to three drinks and that he had also taken the prescription Adderall.
“The organization has been notified of a multi-vehicle accident involving Outside Linebackers Coach, Britt Reid,” the Chiefs said in a statement Friday. “We are in the process of collecting information, and we will not comment further at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with all concerned.”
No one involved in the multicar accident is named in the police report.
The driver of the disabled vehicle was in the car at the time of the first collision, but was not injured, the police report said, and the driver of the second vehicle and an adult passenger in the front seat were also not injured.
Reid, 35, joined the Chiefs in 2013 as a defensive assistant coach. He became assistant defensive line coach in 2015 and defensive line coach in 2016. He became the outside linebackers coach in 2019.