The legend of golf Tiger Woods was the victim of a traffic accident on Tuesday and is seriously injured in a leg. He was transferred to the hospital for an operation. His life would not be in danger according to Michael White, the Los Angeles police chief.
It was just past 7 a.m. in California when the 45-year-old golfer’s car was involved in a collision on Hawthorne Boulevard, near the municipalities of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes. According to a police source cited by the Los Angeles Times, the golfer was traveling at high speed and lost control of his SUV before passing over the central barrier.
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“The vehicle suffered serious damage” after turning around, without another vehicle appearing to be involved in the crash, a statement said. The elderly golfer had to be extricated from his car by firefighters using special equipment before he was “Taken to a hospital for his injuries”.
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Multiple injuries to one leg
His agent Mark Steinberg told Golf Digest that the golfer was suffering from “Several leg injuries, he is currently in the operating room.” His life would not be in danger according to Los Angeles Police Chief Michael White, reported in several American media.
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Tiger Woods had just had back surgery for the fifth time and was unsure whether he would be able to compete in the Masters in April. Asked about his participation in this Grand Slam tournament of which he was the winner in 2019, he replied that it would depend on his physical health: “My God, I hope so. “
Winner of 82 tournaments on the American golf circuit, as much as the legendary Sam Snead (1912-2002), he had therefore not planned his return to the greens awaiting the green light from his doctors.
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