Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice turns himself in to police
DALLAS (KCTV) - Nearly two weeks after a crash left multiple people injured on a Dallas highway, a Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver has turned himself in.
Rice turned himself into the Glenn Heights Police Department on Thursday, courts records indicated. He faces eight charges for his role in the crash, which involved six cars.
Rice faces one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury after Dallas Police said an investigation determined that the 23-year-old Chiefs wide receiver was speeding in the far-left lane of North Central Expressway in Dallas, near University Boulevard.
His bond was set at $5,000.
Rice is a native of North Richland Hills, Texas, a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb.
“Mr. Rashee Rice turned himself in today and was released on bond,” Rice’s attorney Royce West said in a statement Thursday night. “I want to re-emphasize Mr. Rice’s continued cooperation with law enforcement. Mr. Rice acknowledges his actions and feels deeply for those injured as a result of this accident. Our legal team is now tasked with reviewing all legal documents.”
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Rice’s speeding in a Lamborghini along with 21-year-old Theodore Knox’s speeding in a Corvette caused a chain-link crash involving six vehicles.
Knox faces the same charges as Rice. The engers in the vehicles will not be charged, Dallas Police said.
Rice was drafted by the Chiefs in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft. He helped the Chiefs win the Super Bowl in his rookie season with a 938-receiving yard season that included seven touchdowns.
Royce West said the Chiefs receiver was taking responsibility for his actions during a press conference on Thursday, April 4.
“He’s a young man who made a mistake. How many of you have made a mistake? If you’re judged by that mistake that you’ve made, is that fair? I’ll tell you this, by the Grace of God somebody could’ve been injured, I mean seriously injured. He understands and appreciates that, that’s why he said he’s gonna be responsible for making certain that the victims are made home,” West said.
SMU wide receiver Theodore Knox was the other man arrested as the driver of the Corvette in the crash. Knox also turned himself in to Glenn Heights Police.
KCTV has reached out to the Chiefs for comment but has not heard back yet. By around 9:40 p.m., Rice had bonded out of custody and was no longer confined to jail according to the Tri-City Jail records.
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