A family member posted Ariel, the 5-year-old girl who suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash involving former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid, posted Monday she is awake.
YESTERDAYby Tiffany Verhulst, Organizer Ariel is awake.
“Ariel is awake,” cousin Tiffany Verhulst wrote Monday on the GoFundMe page collecting donations for medical expenses.
A spokesman for the Kansas City police department provided more of a cautionary word Tuesday:
Update: the 5-year-old victim from this crash is now breathing on her own, but she remains unresponsive. Investigation is ongoing. All updates on the case are here: https://t.co/dz9MCrLBKf
— kcpolice (@kcpolice) February 16, 2021
Ariel suffered life-threatening injuries in the Feb. 4 accident near Arrowhead Stadium. The Gofundme post was written Monday evening.
A 4-year-old child was also injured in the crash, suffering a broken nose and concussion.
As of this writing, the Gofundme is approaching $500,000 to help the mother of three with expenses as she helps Ariel recuperate and is unable to work.
Reid, the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid, admitted to police he had two or three drinks and had taken Adderall.
