The golf icon ran off a California highway at a high rate of speed and his car flew corkscrewing into the woods landing sideways….
Woods is recovering from broken legs…
His seatbelt probably saved his life…
Cops report no initial evidence of alcohol or drugs….
We hope for his speedy recovery …
He has had a rough last few years…..
“Comminuted open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula bones were stabilized by inserting a rod into the tibia,” Anish Mahajan said in a statement released early Wednesday by Woods’s representatives. “Additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle were stabilized with a combination of screws and pins. Trauma to the muscle and soft-tissue of the leg required surgical release of the covering of the muscles to relieve pressure due to swelling.”….
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[ Deputy sheriff ] Gonzalez was one of the first to arrive and found Woods conscious. Gonzalez said Wednesday morning on the “Today” show that Woods “seemed calm.”
“I don’t think he was aware of how gravely he was injured it at the time. It could be a mixture of adrenaline. It could have been shock. … I don’t know if he had time to fully assess his injuries.”
Gonzalez leaned in through the windshield to assess the condition of the trapped victim, whose identity he did not immediately know, and to keep him calm.
Gonzalez said that he asked, “‘Can you tell me your first name?’ He looked at me and said, ‘Tiger.’ It took me a half-second, but I saw his face and I thought, ‘Oh, yeah, you’re Tiger Woods.’”…
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