Tiger Woods has suffered leg accidents in a car rollover within the Los Angeles space and is present process surgical procedure, authorities and his supervisor stated.
His situation isn’t but clear.
Woods needed to be extricated from the car with the “jaws of life” instruments, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division stated in an announcement.
No different automobiles had been concerned within the wreck that injured the golfer.
Woods, 45, was taken to the hospital by ambulance. The car sustained main harm, the sheriff’s division stated.
“Tiger Woods was in a single-car accident this morning in California the place he suffered a number of leg accidents,” his supervisor, Mark Steinberg, stated.
“He’s at the moment in surgical procedure and we thanks on your privateness and help.”
A KABC-TV helicopter over the scene of Woods’ accident confirmed a automobile on its aspect with the entrance finish closely broken.
Air baggage seemed to be deployed. The wreckage seemed to be simply off the aspect of a street on a hillside.
Woods, whose first identify is Eldrick, was the only real occupant of the car, the sheriff’s division stated.
The crash occurred shortly earlier than 7:15am Tuesday, officers stated.
Woods was in Los Angeles over the weekend because the match host of the Genesis Invitational at Riviera, the place he offered the trophy.
He was to spend Monday and Tuesday filming with Discovery-owned GOLFTV, with whom he has an endorsement contract.
One tweet on Monday confirmed him in a cart smiling with actor David Spade.
In keeping with Golf Digest, additionally owned by Discovery, the TV shoot was on-course classes to celebrities, comparable to Spade and NBA star Dwyane Wade.
Woods didn’t play.
The 15-time main champion final performed on December 20 within the PNC Championship along with his 11-year-old son, Charlie.
He had a fifth surgical procedure on his again, a microdiscectomy, two days earlier than Christmas and gave no indication when he would return.
The Masters is April 8-11 and when requested if he could be there through the CBS telecast, Woods replied, “God, I hope so.”
That is the third time Woods has been concerned in a automobile investigation.
Probably the most infamous was the early morning after Thanksgiving in 2009, when his SUV ran over a fireplace hydrant and hit a tree.
That was the beginning of surprising revelations that he had been dishonest on his spouse with a number of girls.
Woods misplaced main company sponsorship, went to a rehabilitation clinic in Mississippi and didn’t return to golf for 5 months.
In Might 2017, Florida police discovered him asleep behind the wheel of a automobile parked awkwardly on the aspect of the street.
He was arrested on a DUI cost and stated later he had an sudden response to prescription medication his again ache.
Woods later pleaded responsible to reckless driving and checked right into a clinic to get assist with prescription medicine and a sleep problem.
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