Reality Check: Rashee Rice Confronts Jail After Crash Controversy

Local media and sports fans are downplaying a recent crash by a Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl baller.

However . . .

Follow-up reporting signals that the allegations against him are EXTREMELY SERIOUS and carry a great deal of legal weight.

Here's the roundup and more deets:

"Felony street racing in the third degree carries a sentence of two to 10 years. In the more serious second-degree felony (with serious injury), the maximum sentence is 20 years.

"Leaving the scene of an accident without serious injury is a felony punishable by one or five years in prison. The third-degree felony involving serious injury comes with a sentence of two to 10 years.

"Since Rice is cooperating with authorities and has vowed to take responsibility for his actions, his lawyer could work with officials on a plea deal potentially involving lesser charges and lesser consequences."

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