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The accident occurred shortly after 07 o’clock local time, 16 o’clock Swedish time, as Tiger Woods for unknown reasons lost control of his car which crossed a low shelter and then continued in the opposite lane and further into the terrain .
The accident took place on Hawthorne Boulevard between Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verde in West Los Angeles.
According to one statement From the local sheriff’s office, the car with the 45-year-old professional golfer flipped over and sustained significant damage.
According to a Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson, Christopher Thomas, who spoke to USA Today, Woods’ injuries are “serious but not life-threatening.” According to CNN, these are open bone fractures.
In an audio recording of The rescue service’s radio communication, which is posted by TMZ, is heard as staff quickly claim that “someone is stuck.” The LA Times writes that Woods was pulled out of the car through the windshield.
– Considering the situation and how the vehicle was, he could not open the door and get out. “We helped him get out of the car,” a Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman, Henry Narvaez, told the newspaper.
Tiger Woods during a training round in Los Angeles this Sunday.
Photo: Ryan Kang
Mark, Tiger Woods’ agent Steinberg tells Golf Digest that Woods suffered several leg injuries.
“Right now they are operating it,” Steinberg writes to Golf Digest.
Woods was taken by ambulance to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
Images from the crash site show the car colliding with a Rolling Hills Estates sign before crashing and lying on its side about thirty feet off Hawthorne Boulevard.
Tiger woods was gone a hotel where he was filmed for a television recording, writes TMZ. When he left the scene just before 7 o’clock, he seemed upset and was close to driving in the producer’s car, says a person in the TMZ recording group.
The days before, Tiger Woods had hosted the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades in West Los Angeles.
The golf star has had repeated back problems and in an interview Sunday, Woods said he was awaiting the results of an X-ray exam after undergoing his fifth back operation in December.
He was then asked if he expected to participate in the Masters in seven weeks and then replied:
– God, I hope so.
Tiger Woods is one of the most profitable golfer in the world with 15 major titles. He last won in 2019, his first in 1997.
Donald Trump, who played golf with Tiger Woods on several occasions, released a statement Tuesday night: “Get well soon, Tigre. You are a true teacher.”
The text is updated.
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