Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid spoke publicly for the first time about his son’s car accident that left a 5-year-old girl in critical condition and said Sunday, “My heart bleeds for all involved “.
“My heart goes out to everyone involved in the crash, particularly the family with the girl who is fighting for her life,” Reid said Sunday night after the Chiefs lost the Super Bowl LV to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-9 “I can’t comment more than I’m here. So whatever questions you have, I’ll have to turn them down; but only from a human point of view, my heart bleeds for everyone involved. “.
Britt, the son of Reid, the Chiefs’ offside coach, was involved in the three-car crash Thursday night in Kansas City. He did not travel with the Chiefs to Tampa, Florida, for the Super Bowl.
Britt Reid acknowledged to police that she was driving the vehicle that collided with two other cars, including the one the 5-year-old had inside. The police report said the driver of the vehicle suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was being investigated for possible damage.
A Kansas City police department official said Reid’s eyes were injected with blood and the officer smelled “moderate in alcohol,” according to a statement from a police officer obtained by ESPN. The statement stated that Reid told the agent that he was taking two to three drinks and that he was also taking Adderall’s prescription.
Asked if the incident was a distraction for him or the Chiefs, Andy Reid said: “We had put the game plan in place the week before. The distraction was not a distraction in terms of the game plan. That already it was and how we were going to work on it and move on.
“From a human point of view, it’s difficult. From a footballing point of view, I don’t think it was a problem.”