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07/17 12:51 CDT Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice sentenced to 30 days in jail
over Dallas high-speed crash
Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice sentenced to 30 days in jail over Dallas
high-speed crash
By JAMIE STENGLE
Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) --- Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice was sentenced to
30 days in jail on Thursday after authorities said he and another speeding
driver caused a chain-reaction crash that left multiple people injured on a
Dallas highway last year.
The Dallas County District Attorney's Office said Rice pleaded guilty to two
third-degree felony charges of collision involving serious bodily injury and
racing on a highway causing bodily injury in the March 30, 2024, crash. As part
of a plea agreement, Rice was sentenced to five years of deferred probation and
30 days in jail as a condition of his probation, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said he was also required to pay the victims for their
out-of-pocket medical expenses, which totaled about $115,000.
Rice was driving a Lamborghini Urus SUV at 119 mph (191 kph) when he made
"multiple aggressive maneuvers around traffic" and struck other vehicles,
prosecutors said. Prosecutors said that after the crash, Rice failed to check
on the welfare of those in the other vehicles and fled on foot.
The news release from prosecutors included a statement from Rice that was
released by his attorney. Rice said in the statement that he's had "a lot of
sleepless nights thinking about the damages that my actions caused, and I will
continue working within my means to make sure that everyone impacted will be
made whole."
"I am profoundly sorry for the physical damages to person and property," Rice
said in the statement. "I fully apologize for the harm I caused to innocent
drivers and their families."
