Kansas Metropolis Chiefs large receiver Rashee Rice is cooperating with authorities after his alleged involvement in a high-speed crash in Dallas, his legal professional stated.
Two luxurious vehicles had been concerned within the crash and the occupants of the autos walked away from the scene, authorities stated.
Rice “will take all needed steps to handle this case responsibly,” his legal professional, Royce West, stated in a press release. West is a Democratic state senator whose district consists of a part of the Dallas space.
“On behalf of Rashee Rice, his ideas are with everybody impacted by the car accident on Saturday,” West stated within the assertion.
Officers had been known as to North Central Expressway in Dallas at 6:25 p.m. Saturday after two rushing drivers misplaced management and crashed, “inflicting a series response collision involving 4 different autos.”
Police informed The Dallas Morning Information on Sunday that the drivers had been in a Corvette and a Lamborghini and that the Lamborghini veered onto the shoulder and hit the expressway’s median wall.
The Morning Information reported that one of many vehicles is leased or registered to Rice and {that a} Dallas police name sheet seen by the newspaper lists Rice as the one that authorities imagine was behind the wheel of the Corvette.
Police haven’t recognized any of the folks concerned within the crash.
“The occupants of the Lamborghini and the Corvette all ran from the scene with out stopping to find out if anybody wanted medical assist or offering their info,” police informed the newspaper.
No main accidents had been reported, in accordance with police, however two folks had been handled on the scene, and two others had been taken to an area hospital.
Video posted on social media by Kayla Quinn, who stated she was in one of many vehicles that was hit, seems to indicate the harm to the driving force’s facet of her car. A Fb put up from somebody who stated she is Quinn’s mom stated Quinn’s 4-year-old son was within the automobile.
Video taken by a bystander and shared on social media by Quinn’s mom exhibits a number of folks strolling away from the scene. The bystander asks them whether or not they’re all proper and whether or not they’re “simply gonna depart it.”
Lawyer Marc C. Lenahan is representing one of many victims of the crash and serving to a second, he informed NBC Information.
“From their perspective, they had been simply driving alongside,” Lenahan stated. “Considered one of them was headed to dinner with family and friends at 6:30, like most of us had been on a Saturday night time earlier than Easter with, you recognize, folks on the town.”
That is after they noticed “a flash” behind them, he stated.
“After which rapidly, they’re spinning and getting T-boned,” Lenahan stated.
Rice, who grew up within the Dallas space, was drafted by the Chiefs within the second spherical of the 2023 NFL draft and was a part of the staff’s Tremendous Bowl win in February.
He logged 39 yards on six receptions throughout the Tremendous Bowl, a formidable achievement for a rookie receiver in a hard-fought championship sport in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers.
The NFL wouldn’t particularly touch upon the crash, however stated it is customary “to watch developments and join with the staff” any time there’s an incident involving a participant.
The Chiefs haven’t responded to a request for remark.
In an interview on “Mundo within the Morning” on Kansas Metropolis radio station KCMO, Chiefs president Mark Donovan stated the staff will “react accordingly” after all of the info are gathered.
“In all these conditions you need to wait till you will have all of the info, and albeit, we don’t have all of the info at this level,” Donovan informed Pete Mundo on Monday. “The one comforting indisputable fact that we do have is that there was a multi-car crash in Texas, in Dallas, and thankfully, it doesn’t seem that anybody was damage, and we must always be glad about that. We’ll resolve it, we’ll collect the info, and we’ll react accordingly.”
