Tiger Woods facing hard recovery from serious injuries in car crash Share Updated: 3:11 PM EST Feb 24, 2021 By STEFANIE DAZIO and DOUG FERGUSON, Associated Press
Tiger Woods facing hard recovery from serious injuries in car crash Share Updated: 3:11 PM EST Feb 24, 2021
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Show Transcript This is the hospital where Tiger Woods was rushed for that emergency surgery was a long procedure, according to his doctors. They had to insert a rod in his leg. Then you screws and kins for his ankle and foot. So a difficult surgery on the lower part of his right leg and the recovery will also likely take some time. Golf legend Tiger Woods is recovering from surgery Wednesday following a major car accident on Tuesday, the hospital says would suffered compound fractures to both bones in his lower right leg, as well as muscle and soft tissue damage. The big question. Will the five time Masters champion, who was already recovering from his fifth
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The luxury sport-utility vehicle was moving fast along twisty Hawthorne Boulevard when its driver lost control, plowing into the center divider, smashing the “Welcome to Rolling Hills Estates” sign to bits and slamming into a curb and a tree.
The 2021 Genesis GV80 rolled and rolled. When it finally came to a stop about 30 yards off the road, it was lying on its side, so damaged that its doors could not be opened. There were no skid marks on the street, no sign of braking.
Firefighters carefully extricated golf star Tiger Woods from the SUV he’d been driving Tuesday morning as he headed from a Rancho Palos Verdes resort to the Rolling Hills Country Club for a photo and video shoot. They needed an ax and a prying tool to pull Woods through the windshield.
Here s what we know about Tiger Woods car crash
From CNN s Andy Rose
L.A. County Sheriff s officers investigate an accident involving famous golfer Tiger Woods along Hawthorne Blvd. in Ranch Palos Verdes on Tuesday. Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock
Tiger Woods suffered serious injuries to both his legs after a single-vehicle rollover crash Tuesday morning near Los Angeles.
Woods was conscious when deputies arrived on the scene in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at a news conference on Tuesday.
Our live coverage has ended, but here s what we know about the crash:
The crash: Woods’ 2021 Genesis was going downhill on a winding road and crossed the median before crashing into curb and overturning into brush. Neighbors called 911 about the crash at 7:12 a.m. local time. We have to assume they made that call almost immediately, as soon as it happened, because the neighbors are sitting right within 50 feet of the location, Vil