What car was Woods driving? Why was he in the Los Angeles area? Woods was wearing his seatbelt, and airbags in the car deployed, Deputy Gonzalez said. Weather was also not a factor in the crash, he said. There was no evidence that Woods was being followed or looking at his phone, the sheriff said at the time of the crash. The bumper and the front end of the car were “destroyed,” but the interior cabin of the vehicle was “more or less intact,” he added. There were no skid or swerve marks, indicating that Woods had made no attempt to brake, the sheriff said. The vehicle Woods was driving hit the median strip, traveled several hundred feet and rolled several times before stopping in the brush on the other side of the road, Sheriff Villanueva said. that had rolled over, Sheriff Villanueva said on the day of the crash.
Officers arrived at the scene six minutes after receiving a 911 call and found Woods trapped in an S.U.V. Sheriff Villanueva said it appeared that Woods had been driving at a “greater speed than normal” on the day of the accident. The speed limit there is 45 miles per hour, but Deputy Gonzalez said he had sometimes seen vehicles going more than 80 miles per hour.
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Two of the 13 accidents were single-vehicle crashes, according to the data, which indicated that neither driver in those cases had been driving under the influence. Only one of those accidents was officially determined to have involved an individual under the influence of drugs or alcohol, according to the data, and none involved someone using a phone. 23 within a 1.35-mile stretch of Hawthorne Boulevard where Woods crashed, according to data collected by the Sheriff’s Department. How dangerous is that stretch of road?Īccording to data collected by the Sheriff’s Department, there have been 13 accidents, four with injuries, from Jan. The crash occurred on Hawthorne Boulevard near Rancho Palos Verdes, a coastal city of about 42,000 people in Los Angeles County. 24 appearance on CNN.įorensic experts from across the country who are not involved in the investigation told USA Today, for an article published on March 13, that it appeared to be either a case of falling asleep at the wheel or of impaired or distracted driving. “This remains an accident, and an accident is not a crime.”ĭrug recognition experts - police officers trained to identify people suspected of being impaired - were not dispatched to either the site of the crash or the hospital, Sheriff Villanueva added.Īlthough Woods appeared “lucid and calm” immediately after the accident and was able to answer questions from Deputy Carlos Gonzalez, the first emergency responder to arrive at the scene, he “had no recollection of the crash itself” when asked at the hospital, Villanueva said in a Feb. “We don’t contemplate any charges whatsoever in this crash,” he said. 24 that he believed the crash was accidental. I feel like I will be able to play future Opens, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to play long enough that, when it comes back here, I will still be playing.Though the investigation has continued, Sheriff Villanueva was quite clear at a news conference on Feb. It felt very emotional because I just don’t know what my health is going to be like. “I’ve been lucky enough and fortunate enough to have won this twice here. They understand what golf’s all about and what it takes to be an Open champion. I was kind of feeling that way there at the end. I understand what Jack and Arnold had gone through in the past.
“The fans, the ovation and the warmth - it was an unbelievable feeling. So to me, it felt like this might have been my last Open at St Andrews. I think the next one comes around in 2030 and I don’t know if I will be physically able to play by then. “It’s very emotional for me,” Woods, who won the Open at the Old Course in 20, said. Woods was visibly emotional as things continued to go wrong on Day Two.
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