GLENN HEIGHTS, Texas—Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice surrendered to police Thursday on charges including aggravated assault after he and the driver of another speeding sports car allegedly caused a crash involving a half-dozen vehicles on a Dallas highway last month.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Rice’s attorney confirmed to The Associated Press in the evening that Mr. Rice turned himself in at the Glenn Heights Police Department. Mr. Rice is being represented by Texas state Sen. Royce West.
Records showed that Mr. Rice was in custody at the Regional Jail in DeSoto.
On Wednesday, Dallas police said arrest warrants had been issued for Mr. Rice, 23, for one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury, and six counts of collision involving injury.
Sen. West said previously that Mr. Rice was driving a Lamborghini sport utility vehicle when the crash happened March 30.
Theodore Knox, 21, was driving the other speeding sports car, a Corvette, police said, and arrest warrants were issued for Mr. Knox on the same range of counts as for Mr. Rice. Dallas police said Thursday night that Mr. Knox was not currently in custody.
Southern Methodist University said earlier in the day that, after learning of the arrest warrant, Mr. Knox had been suspended from its football team. Mr. Knox’s attorney, Deandra Grant, said her client was cooperating with law enforcement.
Police have alleged that Mr. Rice and Mr. Knox were speeding in the far-left lane when they lost control, and the Lamborghini traveled onto the shoulder and hit the center-median wall, causing a chain collision.
Mr. Rice and Mr. Knox allegedly left following the crash without determining whether anyone needed medical attention or providing their information, according to police. Four people involved in the crash had minor injuries, police said.
Mr. Rice said last week on Instagram that he was taking “full responsibility” for his part in the wreck.
Mr. Rice grew up in the Fort Worth suburb of North Richland Hills, and played college football at nearby Southern Methodist, where a breakout senior season in 2022 put him on the radar of NFL teams.
The Chiefs selected him in the second round of last year’s draft, and he became one of the few dependable receiving options in their passing game.
