Missouri governor declines to give specifics on Britt Reid's commutation

Source: ESPN

One week after he commuted the drunken driving sentence of former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declined to offer specifics about his decision.

In a statement to ESPN, the governor's office said, "No request, official or otherwise, was made on behalf of Mr. Reid for this commutation." A spokesperson for the office declined to comment beyond the statement.

Reid, the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid, served 16 months of a three-year sentence after pleading guilty to felony driving while intoxicated resulting in serious physical injury. According to prosecutors, Reid was driving about 84 mph in a 65 mph zone when he hit two parked cars near Arrowhead Stadium in February 2021. Six people were injured, including then-5-year-old Ariel Young, who suffered a traumatic brain injury and was in a coma for 11 days. She was hospitalized for two months after the crash.

Reid admitted to having "two or three" drinks and had a blood alcohol level of 0.113% about two hours after the crash, according to police. The legal limit in Missouri is 0.08%.

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