DALLAS — Kansas Metropolis Chiefs participant Rashee Rice was the motive force of one among two rushing sports activities vehicles who left after inflicting a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas freeway over the weekend, the broad receiver’s legal professional stated Thursday.
Why Rice left the crash Saturday was “a great query that is nonetheless being investigated,” stated Rice’s legal professional, state Sen. Royce West, however he declined to elaborate. West expects prices to be filed in opposition to Rice, who was driving a Lamborghini sport utility automobile, he stated at a information convention with out his shopper.
“He is a younger man that made a mistake,” West stated Thursday, including that Rice’s “coronary heart goes out” to those that have been injured. The crash concerned the Lamborghini Urus, a Chevrolet Corvette and 4 different autos and left 4 folks with minor accidents, police stated.
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The motive force of the Corvette additionally left with out figuring out whether or not anybody wanted medical consideration or offering their info, police stated. The Corvette belongs to Rice, West stated Thursday, however no info has been launched on the motive force.
Rice posted in an Instagram story put up Wednesday that he was taking “full accountability” for his half within the wreck.
Police have stated that the drivers of the Corvette and Lamborghini have been rushing within the far-left lane once they misplaced management and that the Lamborghini traveled onto the shoulder and hit the middle median wall, inflicting the chain collision.
West stated that Rice, who’s 23, will “do every thing in his energy to carry their life again to as regular as potential when it comes to accidents, when it comes to property injury.”
Investigators are interviewing witnesses, victims and others who may need been concerned, police stated Thursday.
Rice was leasing the Lamborghini SUV from The Basic Life-style, stated Kyle Coker, an legal professional for the Dallas-based unique automotive rental firm.
Rice was born in Philadelphia however grew up within the Fort Value, Texas, suburb of North Richland Hills. He performed school soccer at close by SMU, the place a breakout senior season in 2022 put the broad receiver on the radar of NFL groups. The Chiefs chosen him within the second spherical of final 12 months’s draft, and he rapidly turned one of many few reliable choices of their passing recreation.
