Britt Reid, son of Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid and the team’s external linebacker coach, will not make the trip to Super Bowl LV on Saturday after being involved in a car accident that left a child with a serious injury early on. of the week, the team said.
The Chiefs said they kept their statement on Friday night and were still in the process of gathering information about what happened on Thursday night, when Reid was involved in a car accident.
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The Chiefs left for Tampa on Saturday – the day before the Super Bowl because of restrictions on coronavirus issued by the league.
Reid, 35, was under investigation for impaired driving in Kansas City, Missouri, after police said he was involved in a multiple-car accident near Arrowhead Stadium, FOX4 KC reported.
Britt Reid will not make the trip to Tampa (photo by George Gojkovich / Getty Images)
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The police station obtained police documents that corresponded to the details of the accident. The documents say that Reid told police he was driving a truck involved in the accident and told a police officer that he drank between two and three drinks and had an Adderall prescription. The police said that no names were identified in the police report.
The accident occurred near the south ramp of I-435, according to FOX4 KC. A Chevrolet Impala driver ran out of gas and asked for help on the ramp, police said. The police report said the emergency lights were flashing, but the car’s battery was starting to die when a family arrived in a Chevrolet Traverse and parked near them with their headlights on.
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The station reported, citing documents from the accident, that a white Dodge truck was traveling south on the ramp to reach the interstate when the driver hit the Impala and hit Traverse from behind.
The Impala driver was in the car at the time of the accident and was not injured, and two adults at Traverse were also unhurt, according to the station.
However, a 5-year-old child was seriously injured and a 4-year-old suffered non-fatal injuries.
It didn’t look like Reid was injured in the accident.
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Reid joined the Chiefs in 2013 as a defense assistant and worked his way through the ratings to become the coach of external linebackers in 2019.