KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Assistant former Chiefs coach Britt Reid has been accused of driving intoxicated in connection with a Feb. 4 accident that left a 5-year-old girl with a traumatic brain injury.
The Jackson County Attorney’s Office announced Monday that Reid, 35, has been accused of serious physical injury by DWI, a class D crime with a possible prison sentence of one to seven years. Prosecutors have asked for a $ 100,000 bail.
According to a probable cause document from the KCPD, Reid’s “serum blood alcohol concentration” two hours after the accident was 0.113%, exceeding the legal limit of 0.08%.
Reid, who coached his father’s outside defense coach, Andy Reid, as the Chiefs’ coach, allegedly crashed his Dodge Ram truck into two cars on the side of the road shortly after 9 p.m. near the entrance ramp from Stadium Drive to South Interstate 435 in Kansas City, Missouri.
The crash occurred three days before the Chiefs played in Super Bowl LV. Britt Reid turned in a dismal performance, however.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Jackson County Circuit Court, Britt Reid “acted with criminal negligence driving at an excessive speed, without being aware of a disabled vehicle, hitting it and, as a result, cause serious physical harm “to a child in one of the vehicles.
Reid’s vehicle crashed into a disabled Chevrolet Impala, which had run out of gas and was not starting, and a Chevrolet Traverse SUV, which had arrived to assist the first vehicle, according to a the KCPD bug report has been partially drafted.
Drivers of the two vehicles parked on the side of the road added petrol to the Impala, but it would not start yet. The driver was out of his vehicle and retrieved the cables from the trunk of the vehicle at the time of the accident.
Britt Reid was driving nearly 83 mph (or 18 mph above the published speed limit) when the initial crash occurred, according to court records.
His truck cut the left front of the Impala and was still traveling nearly 68 mph when it crashed into the Traverse, which was parked in front of the Impala, according to a likely KCPD statement.
Two children, including five-year-old Ariel Young, were on the crossing. Ariel was taken to a local hospital with a life-threatening brain injuries as well as a skull fracture and subdural hematomas, according to police records.
Ariel, who remained hospitalized on March 27, had been sitting in the third row of seats near the spot where Britt Reid’s truck crashed into the car.
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The other girl in the vehicle, Young’s cousin, was also taken to hospital the night of the crash, but suffered no serious injuries. She was sitting in the second row of the vehicle.
“The Kansas City Chiefs organization remains firm in our concern for all those affected by this tragic accident,” the chiefs said in a statement Monday after the charges were announced. “Our prayers focus on Ariel’s continued healing and recovery. The leaders are in regular contact with the designated family representative during this difficult time.”
Ariel’s mother, Felicia, and her sister, who was also in the vehicle with her young daughter, told police they were both unconscious during the crash. Both were also reviewed by emergency personnel.
The crash occurred near the Truman Sports Complex, but prosecutors said they have no direct evidence that Reid drank at Arrowhead Stadium.
Still, Britt Reid admitted to police that he had “left work” just before the accident. He said he was looking over his left shoulder “to assess traffic and thus be able to merge” at the time of the accident, according to a probable cause statement.
Britt Reid said the Impala had no lights on, so she didn’t see it.
According to one search warrant application 41 Action News was obtained the day after the crash, Reid told a KCPD agent at the scene that he had two or three drinks.
An agent from the KCPD DUI unit smelled Reid’s alcohol and said he had red, injected eyes. Field sobriety tests conducted at the site also indicated that Reid was under the influence.
Britt Reid was operated on after the accident, according to his father. The statement of probable cause indicates that he suffered “a severe force trauma to the groin that requires emergency surgery.”
Six days after the crash, chief officials told Britt Reid he was no longer with the team, which did not renew his contract. He had worked for the Chiefs since his father joined the organization before the 2013 season.
The NFL continues to monitor the situation.
“We’ve been following closely all developments in the matter that are still under review in the league’s personal conduct policy,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said. “After completing the legal procedures, we will address this issue and take appropriate action.”
Previously, Britt Reid spent time in a Pennsylvania prison pointing a gun at another driver during a rabies incident 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, Pennsylvania, court records.
While awaiting a court hearing, Britt Reid was arrested again and charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, having one and controlling possession of drug-controlled substances on August 23, 2007.
His bond was revoked in the first case after the second arrest.
In the end, Britt Reid was sentenced to eight to 23 months in prison for the first incident i 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.
Britt Reid, who graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia, began her NFL career as a fellow with the Eagles on her father’s staff in 2009.
He spent 2013 and 2014 as a quality control defensive coach with Kansas City before being promoted to assistant defensive line coach in 2015.
He coached the Chiefs defensive line from 2016-2018 before moving on to the outside defense coach for the past two seasons.
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