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Britt Reid, son of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, will be serving time for his role in a severe incident last year. Reid pled guilty in September to driving while intoxicated, causing serious bodily injury. The charge carried a maximum penalty of seven years in prison, but prosecutors had agreed to seek a maximum sentence of four years in prison. He initially pushed for probation.
He was an assistant coach on the Chiefs' coaching staff back in the 2020-2021 season when they faced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl 55. He didn't coach in the team's 31-9 loss to the Buccaneers.
What did Britt Reid do?
Back on Feb. 4, 2021, he was intoxicated and driving about 84 mph (135 kph) in a 65 mph zone when his truck hit multiple vehicles on an entrance ramp to Interstate 435 near Arrowhead Stadium. The girl inside one of the cars, five-year-old Ariel Young, ended up with a horrible brain injury. In all, six people, including the former assistant coach, were injured in the incident.
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One of the vehicles he struck had stalled due to of a dead battery. The second vehicle was owned by Young's mother, who had shown up to help with the dead battery. Authorities said he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.113 percent just two hours following the crash.
The blood alcohol legal limit in the state of Missouri is 0.08 percent. Britt recently admitted to drinking at Arrowhead on the day of the incident.
How long will Britt Reid be in prison?
The Chiefs head coach's son received a sentence of three years in prison. Prior to sentencing, Ariel's mother, Felicia Miller, read a victim impact statement. She said the five victims of the crash were annoyed that he sought probation and weren't accepting his apologies for his behavior.
Ariel's family was in opposition to the plea agreement. Miller said her daughter was in court. Ariel has improved but still drags one of her feet when she walks. She also suffers from terrible balance and must wear thick eyeglasses.
The former Chiefs assistant addressed the court ahead of his sentence being handed down.
Reid said:
"Every time I see my daughter, I think about Ariel and how my decision affected her so deeply and her family.”
In November 2021, the Chiefs reached a private agreement with Ariel's family to pay for her continued medical treatment and other expenditures.
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