OT: Tiger Woods in bad car crash

[D-train]

He is reported to have hit "something" in the road and lost control of his rig. Jaws of life to extricate him. An odd time of day for a single-car accident.

It'll be interesting as the story unfolds. Hope he survives and recovers.

Boulder in the road? Coyote? Or, as Juliooooo says, could be the meds or any sort of scenario. Fall asleep and hit the gas or brakes, wake and in confusion drive up the hillside?

Most people survive leg surgery. I am sure he will be fine. Maybe another comeback story next year.

[Bil522]

How will blame be put on Mathers for Tiger's accident?

[DavidGee24]

So he left his hotel in that area this morning all agitated, almost hit some other dude's car, and then shortly thereafter wrecked.

[SpokaneCoug]

Read that he was running late to do a behind the scenes teaching lesson with Drew Brees and Justin Herbert.

[maoling]

So he left his hotel in that area this morning all agitated, almost hit some other dude's car, and then shortly thereafter wrecked.

They clarified that the jaws of life were not used to cut him out of the rig; an ax and another pry tool were used. What's weird about the extensive damage to the vehicle is that most of it appears to be to the front end and the rear end, like it was less a side-to-side rollover as opposed to an end-to-end rollover.

And almost two football fields from the initial loss of control to where it ended up. Seems like the SUV caught a lot of air in this accident, like flying ass-over-teakettle.

Also like WC said, the vid from Sunday's interview with Nance looked like he just had a giant bong hit or potent edible. Or really tired or medicated.


https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ti ... &FORM=VIRE

[rockycola]

https://sports.yahoo.com/sheriff-no-ind ... 51979.html

Yahoo Sports
Deputy: 'Very fortunate that [Tiger] Woods was able to come out of this alive'
Jeff Eisenberg and Jay Busbee
Tue, February 23, 2021, 3:18 PM

Tiger Woods
LOMITA, Calif. — Tiger Woods is "very fortunate" to be alive, according to a Los Angeles County deputy, following an early morning wreck near Los Angeles that destroyed his SUV and resulted in severe injuries to Woods' legs.

Woods was "conscious" and "able to communicate" when Los Angeles County firefighters arrived on the scene of his Tuesday morning accident. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva indicated there was "no evidence of impairment" when observing Woods at the scene. Woods' injuries included a shattered ankle and two leg fractures, one of them compound, according to the L.A. Times.

Shortly after 7 a.m. Pacific Time, Woods was driving north on Hawthorne Boulevard in Rolling Hills Estates, a curving, sloping road known for high speeds and potentially treacherous conditions. The car left the road, crossed the southbound lanes, and came to rest on the driver's side in a gully several hundred feet from the center divider.

Neighbors who heard the wreck called 911, and Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Carlos Gonzalez was the first to arrive at the accident site.

"When I arrived on the scene, Mr. Woods was seated in the driver’s seat," Gonzalez said. "I made contact with him. I ensured that he was able to speak to me. At that time, it seemed as though he was still calm and lucid. I made the determination it would be safer to wait for L.A. County and Fire to help remove him instead of try to remove him myself. I kept Mr. Woods calm until L.A. County and Fire arrived on the scene."

Firefighters extracted Woods through the vehicle's windshield. He was taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, less than 10 miles away from the crash site with injuries described as "non-life-threatening."

Gonzalez noted that the vehicle itself played a role in Woods' survival.

“In my experience as a deputy who is traffic trained and worked a traffic car, I have seen many collisions," he said. “The nature of his vehicle — the fact that he was wearing a seatbelt — I would say that it greatly increased the likelihood that it saved his life ... It's very fortunate that Mr. Woods was able to come out of this alive."

Villanueva noted that Woods' car traveled several hundred yards from the center median, hit a curb, hit a tree, and rolled over multiple times. Villanueva noted that Woods' management did not want them to disclose anything about Woods' condition beyond the fact that he was in surgery and both legs were injured.

Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby noted that, contrary to earlier sheriff's department reports, the Jaws of Life were not used. Woods was extracted from the vehicle, having sustained significant injuries to both legs.

[D-train]

Sherrod Small
@Sherrod_Small
Too soon to blame Tiger's car crash on his mother's side on the family?

[AT Funchal-Madeira]

Multiple compound fractures of the legs and a shattered ankle..... guess he won't be playing in the Masters in a few weeks?

[Somebody,s Father]

Multiple compound fractures of the legs and a shattered ankle..... guess he won't be playing in the Masters in a few weeks?

My goodness Makela is a beautiful woman

[rockycola]

Multiple compound fractures of the legs and a shattered ankle..... guess he won't be playing in the Masters in a few weeks?

My goodness Makela is a beautiful woman

Geez, S.F. No posts since July, the thread is about Tiger's misfortune and you announce yourself 8 months later
with oozing admiration for a poster's daughter?

I guess that's what lurking is..........

(.........which is from a July post)