Britt Reid, son of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid and off-team coach, was involved Thursday night in a multicar accident that left a child 5 years with life-threatening injuries, according to a team statement. the police report.
Reid, who was scheduled to leave Saturday with the Chiefs 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 provided by the Missouri Kansas City Police Department, a car ran out of gas on a ramp on Kansas City Interstate 435 Thursday night. After the driver called for help from relatives, a second car arrived, which was also parked on the ramp.
According to the police report, a third car, which Kansas City television station KSHB says was driven by Britt Reid, arrived and hit first the left side of the disabled vehicle and then the back of the second vehicle, where he was going – an old boy was in the back seat along with a 4-year-old boy, who was also taken by ambulance to a hospital in the area but with life-threatening injuries.
The station said Reid recognized police driving the third car, according to a search warrant. The police report said the driver of the third car suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was being investigated for possible damage.
According to the search warrant obtained by KSHB, a KCPD agent said Reid’s eyes were injected with blood and the officer smelled “a moderate smell of alcoholic beverages.” The order went on to indicate that Reid told the agent he was taking two to three drinks and was also taking Adderall’s prescription.
“The organization has been informed of a multi-vehicle accident that affected Linebackers outside coach Britt Reid,” the chiefs said in a statement on Friday. “We are in the process of gathering information and we 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 their 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 they were not injured either.
Reid, 35, joined the Chiefs in 2013 as a defensive assistant coach. He became an assistant defensive line coach in 2015, a defensive line coach in 2016. He became an outside defense coach in 2019.