Rashee Rice drove Lamborghini up to 119 mph before crash in Dallas
Video footage from Rashee Rice‘s multi-vehicle crash in Dallas last weekend indicated that the Kansas City Chiefs receiver was speeding on the highway in a Lamborghini alongside a Corvette, and according to Dallas police, he was really zooming. An arrest warrant affidavit, obtained by the Dallas Morning News, revealed that the NFL star was driving 119 miles per hour seconds before the crash on US-75. The cars were also making “multiple aggressive maneuvers to get through traffic.”
The speed limit on that stretch of US-75 is 70 mph. According to the affidavit’s crash data, the Lamborghini Urus went 119 mph in the 4.5 seconds before the crash. The Corvette was going 116 mph, but slowed to 91 mph in the second leading up to the crash.
Rice surrendered himself to the Glenn Heights Police Department on Thursday after a warrant was issued for his arrest Wednesday. His lawyer, Royce West, confirmed that he was released on bond after they remanded him into custody at the DeSoto regional jail.
Eight charges filed against Chiefs WR following crash
Rice, who is set to enter his second year in the NFL, is now facing eight charges following the accident. He has six counts of collision involving bodily injury, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and one count of aggravated assault.
In an emailed statement, West emphasized what he called Rice’s “continued cooperation with law enforcement.”
“Mr. Rice acknowledges his actions and feels deeply for those injured as a result of this accident,” the lawyer said, via ESPN.
West confirmed at a press conference last week that his client acknowledged to investigators that he was driving the Lamborghini SUV that was involved in the crash. The Corvette was also leased in Rice’s name, and the driver of the vehicle, Theodore Knox, is facing similar charges. Knox, a cornerback at SMU, has since been suspended from the team.
Chiefs have yet to comment on Rice arrest
Despite the very public nature of Rice’s car accident and subsequent arrest, the Kansas City Chiefs have yet to release a comment regarding their second-round draft pick out of SMU. The NFL is reportedly monitoring the situation. The league could punish the wide receiver for violating the personal conduct policy.
The Lamborghini he was driving that crashed alongside a Corvette had marijuana inside that was left at the scene when the six occupants inside the two speeding cars fled.
According to WFAA in Dallas, the police report for the incident says marijuana was found in both cars, as well as credit cards, a check for $16,500, a diamond chain, and the playbook for the Kansas City Chiefs. The report also states that the six occupants of the two luxury vehicles did not exchange information with the other drivers of the other four cars that were in the chain collision and they didn’t check to see if other individuals were injured.