An arrest warrant has been issued for Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs receiver Lachee Rice in connection with a high-speed crash in Dallas last month.
Rice was driving the Lamborghini involved in the March 30 accident, according to his attorney. “I take full responsibility for my role in this matter,” the player said on social media earlier this month.
On Wednesday, Dallas police announced that an arrest warrant had been issued charging Rice with aggravated assault, crash with serious bodily injury, and six counts of crash.
Investigators determined Rice and another driver were speeding in two vehicles in the far left lane of the North Central Expressway, “causing a chain reaction involving four other vehicles,” police said. announced.
No major injuries were reported in the crash, but police said two people were treated at the scene and two others were taken to a local hospital.
An arrest warrant for the second driver was also announced Wednesday, charging him with one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision with serious bodily injury, and six counts of collision with bodily injury.
Police said neither Rice nor the other alleged driver were in custody Wednesday night, and the passenger in the car will not be charged.
Police previously told The Dallas Morning News that the drivers were in a Corvette and a Lamborghini. Officials said the Lamborghini veered off the road and crashed into a highway median, and that all occupants of both cars “ran to the scene without stopping to see if anyone needed medical assistance or information.” “I ran away from there,” he said.
Mr. Rice's attorney, Royce West, a Texas money transfer agent, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday night, but previously said his client was cooperating with authorities.
In an Instagram post, Rice apologized for his role in the accident and said he “takes full responsibility for my role in this matter.”
“We will continue to cooperate with the necessary authorities,” he said in an Instagram post. “We sincerely apologize to everyone affected by Saturday's accident.”
Rice, 23, grew up in Dallas, was drafted in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs, and helped the team win the Super Bowl in February.
West has previously said he has not yet discussed the incident with his team, and the Chiefs have not yet commented on the incident.
However, Chiefs President Mark Donovan previously told Kansas City, Missouri radio station KCMO that the Chiefs are closely monitoring developments in the incident.
“In all of these situations, we have to wait until we know all the facts, and frankly, we don't know all the facts right now,” Donovan said. “The only comforting fact we know is that there was a multi-vehicle crash in Texas and Dallas. And fortunately, it appears no one was hurt and I… We should be grateful for that. We will gather the facts and respond accordingly.”