Tiger Woods shares first picture since horror car crash and reveals his injuries Mirror 3 hrs ago Frank Smith
Tiger Woods has shared the first photo of himself since his dramatic car crash two months ago.
The golfing legend required several surgeries on his lower right leg, foot and ankle after suffering the high-speed accident in Los Angeles on February 23.
Woods shattered the tibia and fibula bones in his lower right leg in multiple places, which required a metal rod to be inserted, and has also had screws and pins inserted to the bones in his foot.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has previously stated Woods was driving at “excessive speed” and was said to have been travelling at speeds in excess of 87mph in a 45mph zone when the accident occurred.
The Tiger effect?’ New crash details fuel questions about special treatment for Woods Gus Garcia-Roberts Tiger Woods was injured when he crashed an SUV in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. on Feb. 23. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/Associated Press) LOS ANGELES At a news conference this week, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced the results of his department’s investigation into the car accident that left Tiger Woods seriously injured and his golf career in jeopardy. But Villanueva spent most of his three-minute appearance dismissing the suggestion that his department treated the famous golfer differently than he would anybody else. “I know there are some saying he received special or preferential treatment of some kind,” Villanueva said. “That is absolutely false.”
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Tiger Woods thought he was in Florida after crash in Los Angeles, according to collision report
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L.A. County sheriff cites excessive speed for Tiger s crash (1:23)
L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva reveals more details on Tiger Woods crash, citing excessive speed as the reason for the accident and that Tiger is facing no charges. (1:23)
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Tiger Woods didn t remember anything about his car wreck on Feb. 23 and believed he was in the state of Florida when a sheriff s deputy interviewed him at a Los Angeles-area hospital after the crash.
Those were among the new details included in 22 pages of a traffic collision report and supplemental reports released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department on Friday.
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A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy found an empty, unlabeled pill bottle in a backpack next to Tiger Woods’ crashed SUV as he inventoried the scene. That same investigator said he had found no evidence the golf legend was under the influence at the time of the Feb. 23 crash but, rather, was in shock, according to a crash scene investigation report.
The 22-page sheriff’s report reveals that in the aftermath of the crash which occurred after Woods was traveling at speeds of up to 87 mph on a roadway with a posted speed limit of 45 mph Woods was so disoriented he thought he was in Florida, and paramedics found his blood pressure so low they could not administer pain medication, the report said.