Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant linebackers coach Britt Reid is facing a charge of driving while intoxicated in a February crash that left a five-year-old girl critically injured.
A 5-year-old girl in the second car, Ariel Young, suffered a traumatic brain injury. Her family s attorney told The Kansas City Star on Monday that she was released from the hospital on April 2 and is being treated at her home. She is unable to talk or walk and is being fed through a feeding tube.
Reid, the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid, could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison if he s convicted. He was expected to surrender to police later Wednesday. Prosecutors sought a $100,000 bond.
Charging documents say Reid told police he had just left work and was looking over his shoulder to see if he could merge onto the interstate when he hit a stalled vehicle on the shoulder of the road and then hit a second vehicle. Reid called 911 shortly after the crash, police said.
Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid the 35-year-old son of head coach Andy Reid has been charged with "driving while intoxicated and causing the vehicular crash near Arrowhead.
By Bill Galluccio
Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach
Reid was booked on a class D felony charge of driving while intoxicated. Authorities said that his blood alcohol content was measured at .113, nearly twice the legal limit. Investigators determined he was traveling at 84 mph less than two seconds before he slammed into two parked vehicles on the side of a highway entrance ramp. One of the cars had run out of gas, and another motorist had pulled over to the side of the road to help.
A five-year-old girl who was sitting in the backseat of one of the vehicles was critically injured and spent several weeks in a coma. While she has since woken up, doctors said she will likely suffer from permanent brain damage.
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