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BREAKING NEWS Legal non-profit requests federal injunction to halt Chico homeless sweeps Full Story Tiger Woods' SUV crash was caused by speed and an inability to negotiate a curve, Los Angeles County sheriff says As he approached a curve in the road, Tiger Woods apparently meant to hit the brakes but instead slammed on the gas -- causing a high-speed rollover crash, t... Posted: Apr 7, 2021 10:58 AM Updated: Apr 7, 2021 1:00 PM Posted By: CNN As he approached a curve in the road, Tiger Woods apparently meant to hit the brakes but instead slammed on the gas -- causing a high-speed rollo...

Ringo H.W. Chiu / AP Updated April 7, 2021 at 2:51 PM ET Tiger Woods crashed in February because he was driving at an unsafe speed and was unable to negotiate a curve on the road, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday. The legendary golfer sustained a compound fracture to one leg in addition to other injuries in the single-vehicle crash Feb. 23 in the Los Angeles area. "Estimated speeds at the first area of impact were 84 to 87 mph, and the final estimated speed when the vehicle struck the tree was 75 mph," Sheriff Alex Villanueva told reporters as he announced the d...

increase font size Tiger Woods was driving more than 80 mph when he crashed SUV Sheriff Alex Villanueva blames the Feb. 23 crash outside Los Angeles solely on excessive speed and the golf superstar’s loss of control behind the wheel. By STEFANIE DAZIOAssociated Press Share A crane is used to lift a vehicle following a rollover accident involving golfer Tiger Woods in the Rancho Palos Verdes suburb of Los Angeles on Feb. 23. Ringo H.W. Chiu/Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods was driving more than 80 mph – nearly twice the posted speed limit – on a downhill stretch of road wh...

Tiger Woods was driving more than 80 mph when he crashed SUV Stefanie Dazio Updated:  Tags:  Authorities planned to announce Wednesday what caused Tiger Woods to crash an SUV in February in Southern California, a wreck that seriously injured the golf superstar. (The Associated Press) LOS ANGELES – Tiger Woods was driving more than 80 mph — nearly twice the posted speed limit — on a downhill stretch of road when he lost control of an SUV and crashed in a wreck that seriously injured the golf superstar, authorities said Wednesday. Sheriff Alex Villanueva blamed the Feb. 23 crash outside...

The sheriff’s department has previously said that drugs and alcohol were not factors in the crash and Woods appeared to be sober when officers arrived on the scene. On Wednesday, Villanueva said a search warrant could only have been obtained for Woods’s blood samples if the golfer had appeared to be in a state of impairment. He also denied Woods had received preferential treatment due to his fame and said there was no evidence Woods was using his phone at the time of the crash. Sheriff’s captain James Powers, who oversees the sheriff’s station closest to the crash site, said Woods tol...