Chiefs’ Rashee Rice apologizes for role in Dallas 6-car crash
Video shows cars racing before swiping vehicle
Days after a six-car crash on the Dallas Central Expressway on March 30, NFL player Rashee Rice says he’s taking responsibility for his part in the incident.
According to The Dallas Morning News, Rice was leasing one of the cars involved in the crash. Dashcam video showed a Chevrolet Corvette and a Lamborghini racing in the left-hand lane before swiping another vehicle on the highway, causing a crash that left four people with minor injuries.
Here’s what we know now:
What did Rashee Rice say?
In an Instagram story, Rice apologized for his involvement in the car accidents March 30 and said he is cooperating with the Dallas police department.
Rashee Rice owned one car, leased the other
According to The Dallas Morning News, Rice had been leasing a Lamborghini, one of two vehicles that police said were responsible for causing the accident on Dallas’ North Central Expressway.
Rice leased the luxury car from The Classic Lifestyle, an exotic car rental dealer in Dallas.
Kyle Coker, a Dallas-area attorney, told the Associated Press that the lease contract Rice signed only permitted him to drive the Lamborghini.
Rice also owned the Corvette involved in the crash.
Where did the crash happen?
Dallas police responded to the crash about 6:25 p.m. March 30. The crash happened in the 6600 block of North Central Expressway near Southern Methodist University. The Dallas Morning News reported that two cars — a Corvette and a Lamborghini — were speeding in the far left lanes of the highway near University Boulevard.
Photos from TMZ showed five men walking on the side of the highway as they were leaving the scene of the crash.
Crash involving Rice’s car caught on dashcam
Bill Nabors, who was driving on the highway Saturday, said he saw the cars racing and the aftermath of the crash.
Nabors shared dash cam footage of the wreck with TMZ. The video shows Nabors driving in the second leftmost lane when two vehicles zip past him.
The Morning News said Nabors characterized the incident as “unbelievably scary.” Nabors kept driving because he didn’t think it was safe to stop on the road with cars piled up behind him.
Nabors’ car was not damaged.
Four people treated for minor injuries, cars damaged
Dallas police said two drivers were treated at the scene for minor injuries and two others were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
Kayla Quinn told the Morning News that she was driving home from the Fort Worth Zoo with her 4-year-old son when the crash happened. Quinn said her car was side-swiped on the driver’s side.
Five men who were in the Lamborghini and the Corvette walked away on the shoulder of the expressway. Quinn said they appeared to be headed to a nearby train station.
Rice played for SMU before being selected by the Chiefs in the second round of the 2023 NFL draft.
USA TODAY reporter Lorenzo Reyes contributed to this report.