Kansas City Chiefs’ Rashee Rice facing aggravated assault charge after high-speed crash in Dallas

DALLAS– Dallas police said Wednesday that Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice is facing charges, including aggravated assault, after he and another speeding sports car driver caused a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas freeway.

Police said arrest warrants have been issued for the 23-year-old for one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision causing serious bodily harm and six counts of collision causing serious bodily injury. Rice’s attorney, Sen. Royce West, said last week that Rice was driving a Lamborghini SUV when the accident occurred.

Arrest warrants were also issued for Theodore Knox, 21, who was driving the other speeding sports car, a Corvette, police said. Police said arrest warrants have been issued for Knox on one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision causing serious bodily injury and six counts of collision causing serious bodily injury.

Police said the passengers in two speeding sports cars that left the scene will not be charged. Police said Rice and Knox were not currently in custody.

The crash involved the Lamborghini, a Corvette and four other vehicles, and left four people with minor injuries, police said. Police said the drivers of the Corvette and Lamborghini took off after the crash without determining if anyone needed medical attention or providing them with information.

Rice posted on his Instagram Story last week that he took “full responsibility” for his part in the wreck.

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

Rice leased the Lamborghini from The Classic Lifestyle, said Kyle Coker, an attorney for the Dallas-based exotic car rental company. And West said the Corvette belonged to Rice.

Rice was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, a suburb of North Richland Hills. He attended nearby Southern Methodist University, where a breakthrough 2022 senior season put the wide receiver on the radar of NFL teams.

The Chiefs selected him in the second round of last year’s draft, and he quickly became one of the few reliable options in their passing game.

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