Sad news: Kansas city chiefs had coach had an acciden .just now..
A week after he was the driver in a crash that critically injured a young girl, Britt Reid is no longer a Kansas City Chiefs employee, a source told The Star.
ESPN first reported the news Wednesday night.
Reid, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, struck two cars with his pickup truck the night of Feb. 4, injuring two young children, one of them a 5-year-old girl who is in critical condition, according to a search warrant application obtained by The Star.
The Chiefs placed Britt Reid on administrative leave earlier this week, but his contract has since expired and not been renewed, ending his employment with the organization, the source said. The Chiefs have not publicly commented on the contract not being renewed. They put out a statement earlier this week that said they are gathering information and assisting local authorities.
“Our focus remains on (the girl) and her family,” the statement read. “We have reached out to the family to offer our support and resources to them during this difficult time, and we will continue to pray for her recovery.’‘
I’ve had a chance to talk to him. Yeah, I have,” Andy Reid said in his season-ending press conference Monday, a day after the Chiefs lost to the Buccaneers in the Super Bowl. “My heart goes out to the young lady. I’m also a dad, so I get that, so I have concerns obviously on both sides. Britt did have surgery; he’s doing better now. That little girl, my heart goes out to her.”
On Wednesday, the NFL said it will review the crash under its personal conduct policy.
Two cars were stationed on the side of an entrance ramp along Interstate 435 when a truck hit both of them, the police report said. That truck, a white Dodge Ram Laramie, was driven by Reid, according to the search warrant application. Two kids were in the second vehicle. Both
