Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice surrenders to police in connection with 6-car crash in Dallas
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice surrendered to law enforcement in Texas Thursday evening in connection with a six-car crash last month, according to police. He later posted bond and left jail.
Rice, 23, turned himself into Glenn Heights police and was processed at a regional jail in DeSoto, according to Dallas police. The Chiefs player later bonded out of jail, a spokesman for the city of DeSoto told CNN Thursday night. Rice had a surety bond of $40,000, according to jail records.
“Mr. Rice acknowledges his actions and feels deeply for those injured as a result of this accident,” Rice’s attorney Royce West told CNN in a statement.
Dallas police had issued arrest warrants Wednesday for the Chiefs wide receiver as well as Southern Methodist University player Theodore Knox after a Corvette and a Lamborghini crashed in the far-left lane of the North Central Expressway on March 31, according to police.
Knox surrendered to the Glenn Heights police on Friday, according to a statement by Dallas authorities. The 21-year-old was being processed at a local jail, police said.
SMU has suspended Knox from the football team.
Rice – who helped his team win the Super Bowl two months ago – and Knox will each face one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury, according to Dallas police.
CNN has reached out to the Chiefs for comment. An NFL spokesperson said, “We continue to monitor developments in the matter.”
Six vehicles in total were involved in the crash last month, authorities said.
“The Lamborghini traveled onto the shoulder and hit the center median wall, causing a chain reaction collision involving four other vehicles,” spokesperson Kristin Lowman told CNN last week.
“The occupants of the Lamborghini and the Corvette all ran from the scene without stopping to determine if anyone needed medical help or providing their information.”