Britt Reid, a son of Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid and the team's former assistant coach, was booked by Missouri's governor on drunken driving charges in a 2021 crash that injured two young children sentenced to a reduction in sentence.
Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri on Friday commuted Reid's drunken driving sentence, reducing it from three years in prison to house arrest until 2025, according to the Associated Press.
Reid's blood alcohol level was well above the legal limit when he struck two vehicles on the side of a highway on-ramp on February 4, 2021. A 5-year-old girl suffered life-threatening injuries, a 4-year-old suffered serious injuries. According to the police report, the injuries were not life-threatening. Reid pleaded guilty on September 12, 2022.
Six people, including Reid, were injured in the crash.
Parsons' order places Reid under house arrest until Oct. 31, 2025, according to the AP. The new sentence also requires probation, behavioral counseling, community service and other conditions.
“I truly regret what I did,” Reid told the court during his 2022 trial. “I have made a big mistake. I apologize to the family. I didn’t want to hurt anyone.”
Tom Porto, an attorney for one of the injured children, said the family opposed Reid's initial agreement.
“The five victims of this crime are outraged that the prosecutor is not seeking the maximum sentence allowed by law,” Porto said in a statement in 2022. “The defendant is a previous perpetrator whose actions resulted in the killing of a five-year-old girl. “fell into a coma and seriously injured three other people.”
In November 2021, the Chiefs agreed to a financial agreement with the girl's family to cover medical costs and more, the terms of which were confidential. Porto said the five-year-old girl suffered “permanent brain damage” in the accident.
Kansas City did not renew Reid's contract after it expired in 2021. Reid, 38, had been with the Chiefs since 2013, initially joining his father's staff as a defensive quality control coach and working his way up to linebackers coach in 2019.
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