Kansas City wide receiver Rashee Rice is cooperating with authorities after being sought for questioning following a car accident involving six vehicles, his attorney said Monday afternoon.
“On behalf of Rashee Rice, his thoughts are with everyone impacted by the automobile accident on Saturday,” attorney Royce West said in a statement. “Rashee is cooperating with local authorities and will take all necessary steps to address this situation responsibly.”
According to the report by the Dallas Morning News, authorities said 1a Chevrolet Corvette vehicle believed to be registered or leased to Rice was involved in the accident in northeast Dallas at around 6:20 p.m. local time on Saturday night.
A Dallas police spokeswoman told the newspaper that a driver in a Chevrolet Corvette and a driver in a Lamborghini were speeding and both lost control of their vehicles, with the Lamborghini hitting the median wall, causing “a chain reaction collision involving four other vehicles.”
The drivers of both the Lamborghini and Corvette ran from the scene of the crash, not stopping to provide information or check on the status of the others involved, according to the report.
“In all these situations you have to wait until you have all the facts and frankly, we don’t have all the facts at this point,” Chiefs president Mark Donovan told radio station KCMO in Kansas City on Monday. “The one comforting fact that we do have is that there was a multicar crash in Texas, in Dallas, and fortunately, it doesn’t appear that anyone was hurt, and we should be grateful for that. We’ll get to the bottom of it, we’ll gather the facts and we’ll react accordingly.”
Rice, 23, grew in the Fort Worth area and went to college at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He was selected in the second round (No. 55) by Kansas City in the 2023 NFL draft.
Rice emerged as Kansas City’s top wide receiver in 2023. He led the team’s wide receivers with 79 receptions and 938 yards, second overall on the team behind tight end Travis Kelce. Rice led the team with seven touchdown receptions.