KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An attorney for the family of the five-year-old critically injured in a crash involving former Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid said the little girl suffered a devastating brain injury that left her unable to perform. talk or walk.
Ariel Young has probably permanent brain damage “that she will suffer for the rest of her life,” attorney Tom Porto said in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
“We are going to fight for the most serious charges and the most serious sentence Britt could receive,” Porto said.
The girl has been hospitalized since February 4, the day the crash was recorded in which, according to the police report, she hit two cars parked next to a highway entrance near the Chiefs’ training complex. at Arrowhead Stadium and where Ariel and another child were injured in another vehicle.
Reid is the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid and was the outside linebackers coach when the accident happened. Immediately after the crash, he was put on leave from work, but he was no longer employed by the team when his contract expired and he was not renewed days after the accident.
Britt did not travel to Tampa, Florida, for Super Bowl LV in which the Chiefs lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on February 7.
Police reported that Britt Reid admitted to investigators to having had “two or three drinks” along with the prescribed Adderall prior to the accident.
Authorities have indicated that they are still waiting for toxicology reports on the case and that no charges have yet been filed.
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