Andy Reid's Son Britt, Chiefs OLB Coach, Involved in Multi-Vehicle Car Crash

The Kansas City Chiefs released a statement confirming linebackers/outside linebackers coach Britt Reid was involved in a multi-vehicle accident in Kansas City on Thursday:

Tod Palmer of KSHB-TV in Kansas City outlined the details of the accident, which resulted in life-threatening injuries for a five-year-old and non-life-threatening injuries for a four-year-old.

Reid was driving on southbound Interstate 435 when he reportedly hit the back of a Chevrolet Traverse parked on the side of the highway. The people driving the Traverse were there in support of a stranded motorist driving a Chevy Impala.

Palmer provided more details:

"While attempting to get the vehicle running again, a white Dodge Ram Laramie Sport pickup truck traveling on the entrance ramp — which Britt Reid admitted to police he was driving, according to a search warrant — struck the left front of the stranded Impala.

"The driver of the stranded vehicle was inside the car at the time and wasn’t injured, but the Ram truck continued forward and also struck the right rear of the Traverse.

"A 5-year-old child in the backseat of the Traverse suffered life-threatening injuries and a 4-year-old, also in the backseat, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to KCPD.

"Both children were transported to a local hospital for treatment.

"An adult passenger in the front seat of the Traverse was not injured in the crash. Reid received non-life-threatening injuries, investigators said."

Reid told police that he had two or three drinks and had taken prescribed Adderall. A search warrant from a KCPD officer stated that he could smell "a moderate odor of alcoholic beverages" from the 35-year-old coach.

That warrant can be accessed via an article from Andrew Lynch of Fox 4 Kansas City.

ESPN's Dianna Russini provided another update on Friday evening:

She also gave more information early Saturday morning, noting that Reid is hospitalized with "undisclosed injuries":

The five-year-old is in critical condition at a local hospital, per Kansas City police to KSHB-TV:

Reid has been arrested numerous times in the past, including charges for DUI, drug possession and waving a gun at a motorist in a road rage incident, per the Associated Press.

Per Palmer, Reid "pleaded guilty later that year to carrying an unlicensed firearm, a felony, and other offenses, receiving an eight- to 23-month jail sentence plus five years of probation."

Reid is the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid. He joined the Chiefs in 2013, working as a defensive quality control coach, assistant defensive line coach and defensive line coach before assuming his current position prior to the 2019 season.

Reid was in Kansas City along with the rest of the team with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing a change in Super Bowl preparation plans. Kansas City has been in town preparing for the game and plans to fly into Tampa Bay on Saturday as opposed to spending a week in the Super Bowl city like teams from past years.

The linebackers coach will not be present for the Chiefs' Super Bowl LV matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.