Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, convicted of a drunk-driving charge in a 2021 incident that severely injured a child, will spend the rest of his prison sentence under house arrest.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson of Friday commuted the prison sentences of or pardoned 39 people, Reid among them.
The son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, the younger Reid pleaded guilty to a felony charge of driving while intoxicated resulting in serious physical injury. He was sentenced to three years in state prison on Nov. 1, 2022.
Under the terms of the commutation, Reid, 38, will be placed under house arrest until Oct. 31, 2025, and must meet “strict conditions of probation, including weekly meetings with a parole officer, weekly behavioral counseling attendance, weekly meetings with a peer support sponsor, and stringent community service and employment requirements,” USA Today reported.
“Mr. Reid has completed his alcohol abuse treatment program and has served more prison time than most individuals convicted of similar offenses,” a spokesperson for Parson told USA Today in a statement.
Reid was driving his truck on Feb. 4, 2021, and was drunk and speeding, according to court documents, when the truck hit two cars parked on the shoulder of Interstate 435 in Kansas City.
Six people, two of them children, were injured. Ariel Young, then 5, sustained a serious brain injury and was hospitalized for more than two months.
In November 2021, the girl’s family and the Chiefs reached an agreement to provide her with “world-class medical care and long-term financial stability” for the “rest of her life,” according to a joint statement issued by the two sides at the time.
Reid, who had been the team’s outside linebackers coach, admitted to having consumed alcohol at the team facility before driving that evening, days before the Chiefs lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Bowl. His contract expired after the season and was not renewed.
–Field Level Media