An 8-count arrest warrant has been issued for NFL participant and North Texas native Rashee Rice in reference to a hit-and-run crash on Central Expressway final month that injured 4 folks, Dallas Police say.
Police allege on March 30 that Rice, 23, and one other man recognized as 21-year-old Theodore Knox, have been rushing alongside U.S. Freeway 75 close to College Boulevard in a Lamborghini SUV and a Corvette once they induced a series response crash involving 4 different automobiles that was recorded on a witness’s dashcam video.
Each Rice and Knox have been charged with one depend of aggravated assault, one depend of collision involving critical bodily damage, and 6 counts of collision involving damage. Neither of the boys are in custody at the moment, police stated.
Along with the crash, the dashcam video confirmed the occupants of the sports activities vehicles getting out of the automobiles and strolling away.
“The occupants of the Lamborghini and the Corvette all ran from the scene with out stopping to find out if anybody wanted medical assist or offering their info,” Dallas Police stated after the crash. “Two of the concerned drivers have been handled on the scene by Dallas Hearth-Rescue for minor accidents and two occupants of one other car have been taken to a neighborhood hospital with minor accidents.”
5 days after the crash, Texas Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, who represents Rice, gave an announcement admitting his consumer instructed police he was driving one of many luxurious sports activities vehicles concerned within the crash.
“Through the interview, Mr. Rice acknowledged that he was driving the Lamborghini,” Royce West stated. “That was the query that was requested. And he responded to that, that he was driving the Lamborghini.”
The passengers of the automobiles who left the scene won’t be charged, police stated.
Rice, who grew up in North Richland Hills and performed faculty soccer at SMU earlier than being drafted by the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in 2023, issued a public apology on Instagram on April 4.
Dallas Police stated the investigation into the crash is ongoing.
