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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Former Kansas City Chiefs adjunct manager Britt Reid was sentenced connected Tuesday to 3 years successful situation for driving drunk, speeding and hitting 2 parked cars past year, leaving a 5-year-old miss with a superior encephalon injury.
Reid pleaded blameworthy successful September to driving portion intoxicated causing superior bodily injury. The complaint carries a maximum punishment of 7 years successful prison, but prosecutors had agreed to inquire for a maximum condemnation of 4 years successful prison. Reid sought probation.
Circuit Judge Charles H. McKenzie sentenced Reid Tuesday and helium was acceptable to beryllium taken into custody.
Prosecutors said Reid, the lad of Chiefs caput manager Andy Reid, was intoxicated and driving astir 84 mph successful a 65 mph portion erstwhile his Dodge motortruck deed the cars connected an entranceway ramp to Interstate 435 adjacent Arrowhead Stadium connected Feb. 4, 2021.
A miss wrong 1 of the cars, Ariel Young, suffered a traumatic encephalon injury. A full of six people, including Reid, were injured. One of the vehicles helium deed had stalled due to the fact that of a dormant battery, and the 2nd was owned by Ariel's mother, who had arrived to help.
Reid had a blood-alcohol level of 0.113% 2 hours aft the crash, constabulary said. The ineligible bounds is 0.08%.
Before sentencing, a unfortunate interaction connection from Ariel's mother, Felicia Miller, was work into the record. She said the 5 victims of the clang were offended that Reid sought probation and they did not judge his apologies for his actions. The household opposed the plea deal.
"The victims of this transgression are outraged the Defendant was not sentenced to the maximum condemnation allowable by law," lawyer Tom Porto, who represented the family, said successful a statement. "No magnitude of situation clip volition ever beryllium capable to punish the Defendant for the symptom and suffering helium caused this household and the ongoing difficulties that Ariel volition proceed to endure for the remainder of her life. She volition endure. She volition strive and she volition thrive. She is Ariel strong."
Miller said her daughter, who was successful tribunal Tuesday, has improved but inactive drags 1 of her feet erstwhile she walks, has unspeakable equilibrium and indispensable deterioration heavy eyeglasses.
"Ariel's beingness everlastingly changed due to the fact that of Britt Reid," Miller's connection said. "She volition woody with this for the remainder of her life."
Reid apologized earlier sentencing, turning to look astatine Ariel and her household arsenic helium spoke. He said helium has a girl the aforesaid property arsenic Ariel and his household prays for her each night.
"I recognize wherever Ms. Miller is coming from. I deliberation I would consciousness the aforesaid way," helium said.
Reid's attorney, J.R. Hobbs, asked successful a sentencing memorandum that Reid beryllium placed connected probation, noting helium had publically apologized and was remorseful.
Reid underwent exigency country for a groin wounded aft the crash. The Chiefs placed him connected administrative leave, and his occupation with the squad ended aft his declaration was allowed to expire.
This is not the archetypal ineligible contented for Reid, who graduated from a cause attraction programme successful Pennsylvania successful 2009 aft a bid of run-ins with instrumentality enforcement. His begetter was manager of the Philadelphia Eagles astatine the time.
The Chiefs reached a confidential agreement with Ariel's household successful November to wage for her ongoing aesculapian attraction and different expenses.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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