Chiefs player Rashee Rice is cooperating with police after sports car crash in Dallas, attorney says

DALLAS– An attorney for Kansas City Chiefs player Rashee Rice said Monday that the wide receiver is cooperating with authorities after a speeding Corvette and Lamborghini SUV caused a chain reaction crash on a busy Dallas highway last weekend.

A total of six vehicles were involved in the crash in the northbound lanes of the North Central Expressway on Saturday shortly before 6:30 p.m., Dallas police said Monday. The people in the Lamborghini and Corvette left the scene without determining if anyone needed medical attention or providing them with information, police said. Two drivers of the other vehicles were treated at the scene for minor injuries, and two occupants of another car were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Dallas television station WFAA reported, citing unnamed sources, that one of the speeding vehicles was registered to Rice. Police said Monday morning they were working to identify the occupants of the Corvette and Lamborghini, but released no information about the people they were looking for and would not confirm reports that Rice was among them.

Police spokesperson Kristin Lowman said early Monday evening that she could confirm that police “have spoken with legal advisors, but have not conducted interviews with individuals potentially involved in Saturday’s crash.”

Senator Royce West, an attorney for Rice, said in a statement Monday that his client’s thoughts were with everyone affected by the accident and that he was cooperating with local authorities.

West said in the statement that Rice “will take all necessary steps to responsibly address this situation.”

Police said the drivers of the Corvette and Lamborghini were speeding in the far left lane when they lost control and the Lamborghini went onto the shoulder and struck the center median wall, causing the pileup.

Rice, a member of the Super Bowl-winning Chiefs team, is from the Dallas area. He played for Southern Methodist University and grew up in the Fort Worth suburb of North Richland Hills.

Chiefs President Mark Donovan said Monday in an interview with KCMO Talk Radio’s “Mundo in the Morning” that the team will “respond accordingly” once more is known about what happened.

“In all of these situations, you have to wait until you have all the facts, and frankly, we don’t have all the facts right now,” Donovan said.

Lowman said police are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact police.