Affidavit: Chiefs’ Rashee Rice drove 119 mph before six-car crash

Kansas City Chiefs wideout Rashee Rice was driving 119 mph before causing a six-vehicle crash on March 30 on a Dallas highway, according to an arrest-warrant affidavit obtained by the Dallas Morning News.Rice’s Lamborghini Urus reached 119 mph 4.5 seconds before the collision, according to the affidavit. A Chevrolet Corvette driven by SMU cornerback Teddy Knox was traveling 116 mph 7.5 seconds before the collision before slowing to 91 1.5 seconds before the crash.The crash on the North Central Expressway (U.S. 75) left at least seven people with injuries.The two cars “made multiple aggressive maneuvers to get through traffic,” the affidavit said.Rice and four other men were seen leaving the scene of the crash without seeing if any of the injured needed help.Rice is facing one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury, according to police.Rice turned himself into police on Thursday and was later released on bond. On April 3, he said he took “full responsibility” for his actions.Knox has been suspended by the SMU football team. He turned himself in on Friday and faces the same charges as Rice, his former SMU teammate.

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