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Rashee Rice: Video shows crash allegedly involving NFL wideout
Sources: Dallas Police are seeking the Kansas City Chiefs wideout in connection to multi-vehicle, Saturday evening Central Expressway crash that hospitalized two.
DALLAS — Dallas Police are looking for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice in connection to a multiple-vehicle accident that occurred on Saturday evening, sources confirm to WFAA.
According to DPD, officers responded at around 6:25 p.m. to calls of a multi-vehicle crash on the 6600 block of North Central Expressway, near the Lovers Lane exit. Police said that their preliminary investigation determined that two vehicles — a Chevrolet Corvette and a Lamborghini, per a DPD statement — were speeding in the far left lane of the highway when both drivers lost controls of their vehicles.
Per their investigation, police said the Lamborghini swerved onto the highway’s shoulder and hit the center-median wall divider, causing a chain reaction that involved four more vehicles in the collision, bringing the total number of vehicles involved to six.
Police said the occupants of the Lamborghini and Corvette left the scene before police arrived, without offering insurance information or checking to see if any of the other victims were in need of medical assistance.
Dashcam footage of the incident obtained by WFAA shows corroborates the Dallas Police account of the incident. It also shows three men emerging and walking away from the Lamborghini SUV after it came to a stop in the second-from-the-right lane on the highway.
According to police, Dallas Fire Rescue teams treated two drivers at the scene for minor injuries and transported two occupants from another of the involved vehicles to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
Sources said police believe one of the speeding cars was registered in Rice’s name. They also said that police believe the Lamborghini and Corvette were street racing at the time of the accident.
Dallas County jail records do not show Rice having been booked as of Sunday afternoon. It is not yet clear in what capacity police have been trying to find Rice.
DPD spokespeople did not clarify when asked for comment, and have not yet named Rice as a suspect in their official statements.
A native of North Richland Hills, Rice was a standout receiver for four seasons at SMU before being selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the second round with the No. 55 overall section of the 2023 NFL Draft. He pulled in 96 catches for 1,355 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior, being named a second-team AP All-American. He led the Mustangs in receiving for three of his four seasons on the Hilltop.
In his first NFL season, Rich snagged 79 catches for 938 yards — good for second place among rookie wideouts in the league in both categories — while also hauling in seven receiving touchdowns on the year.
Rice also caught six passes for 39 yards in the Chiefs’ 25-22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.
WFAA has reached out to the Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL for comment and will update this story should they respond.
A spokesperson with the SMU athletic department said he was not aware of any Saturday events at the school’s nearby campus that Rice may have been attending.
This is a developing story. It will be updated with more information as it becomes available.
Fire officials say the flames started in a garage but then jumped to an apartment building and hotel.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis Fire Department (MFD) evacuated residents after a four-alarm fire sparked on the city’s south side late Wednesday night.
The fire chief told KARE 11 that the fire started in a garage unit on the 5600 block of Lyndale Ave. S and quickly jumped to a motel and apartment complex nearby. All three will be declared a total loss.
The Red Cross was called to help a reported 50 displaced tenants find a place to stay. Two firefighters and one resident were medically evaluated for injuries.
Fire crews used an aerial ladder water tower to dump large amounts of water on the apartment building in an effort to knock down the flames.
KARE 11 will update this story as more information is available.
Jerry McAfee, founder of 21 Days of Peace, said many of these kids are committing crimes for recreation and don’t understand the consequences of their actions.
MINNEAPOLIS — Community leaders say they were disheartened to see the latest string of youth crime, but they’re not shocked.
“The youth that age and younger have been participating in criminal activity long before you guys just found out,” said KG Wilson, a retired peace activist.
Wilson said the perception of kids committing crimes is hard for people to imagine.
“Nobody wanted to believe that these children this young would be doing this type of criminal activity in the community,” he said. “Instead of them listening to the few of us that we’re trying to tell them about this before it gets worse, it got worse. And then you got the taps on the hands because a lot of these kids have been doing this for years.”
Jerry McAfee has seen the same things. He’s the founder of 21 Days of Peace and works with dozens of kids to keep them on the right path.
“This behavior is not new. What is new is we are yet to be alarmed to the point that the necessary synergy is created to get ahead of that stuff and to try and stop it,” McAfee said.
He believes it’s time for a new approach.
“What we were doing three or four years ago and have been doing the last few years isn’t working. It’s getting worse. So, if it’s getting worse just stop, admit it’s not working, and let’s put something together,” he said.
McAfee said many of these kids are committing crimes for recreation and don’t understand the consequences of their actions.
“That’s the message they got to get. This is not games. This is real-life,” he said. “I don’t think there is many repercussions, and what kids deem now as fun is dangerous.”
Wilson agrees the problem is getting worse each year, and kids and teenagers need to be held accountable.
“There’s going to have to be some consequences to their actions and they’re going to have know, these children are going have to know if you do this, this is what’s going to happen to you,” Wilson said. “If that doesn’t happen, they’re going to say and think in their mind, we can do anything we want and we’re just going to get a pat on the hand.”
He said it’s not all on the parents. He said some of them have tried to get their child help, but nothing seems to work.
“A lot of times these kids have gotten so out of control that some of the parents fear them. The parents fear them,” he said.
Wilson believes people need to become neighbors again and look out for kids on their block.
“We got to start getting back to community meetings,” he said. “It’s about tough love. It’s going to have to be about tough love. You’re going to have to get tough. It’s either you’re going to let them go, let the streets have them, or you’re going to take them back yourself.”
McAfee said it might be time to air public service announcements explaining the consequences of committing crimes.
The boy had been last seen on the 2500 block of 14th Ave S.
MINNEAPOLIS — Police in Minneapolis say a 4-year-old who was reported missing has been found safe.
According to the Minneapolis Police Department, Jacob Gonzalez Orbe had been last seen around 3:40 p.m. Wednesday on the 2500 block of 14th Ave S.
In an update Monday evening, police said he was found and is safe.
This story has been updated from a previous version.
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