Posted on 11/27/2009 11:33:39 AM PST by Boiling Pots
Edited on 11/27/2009 1:57:29 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
WINDERMERE, Fla. -- Golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured when he hit a fire hydrant and then a tree outside of his Isleworth home early on Friday morning, officials said.
The Florida Highway Patrol said Woods was seriously injured and taken to Health Central Hospital. The Orange County Fire Department confirmed that a patient was taken to Health Central, but would not confirm that the patient was Woods.
Woods was driving a 2009 black Escalade, FHP said. He hit a fire hydrant outside of his home and a tree outside his neighbor's home.
FHP said the crash is still under investigation.
Update: Authorities: Tiger Woods hurt in Fla. car crash
Prayers on the way for his quick and complete recovery.
Hoping for the best...
Prayers for his recovery.
Hope he wasnt drunk. My kids love him.
I’m praying for this young man. God bless him and heal him quickly
There was just an infidelity report out there earlier this week regarding him....hmmm....hope is well.
Very sad news. Prayers for Tiger and family.
He had to be going quite fast to get seriously injured in a Cadillac Escalade!
My thoughts with him and his family.
Another site says wreck was at 2:25 in the morning and he hit a fire hydrant and a tree. The air bags did not deploy, so he was traveling under 33 mph.
As a wild guess, he was either extremely sleepy or possibly intoxicated. Single vehicle accidents at that speed at that time of the morning usually have something else besides just a bad day.
FNC just said he was backing out of a driveway, hit a fire hydrant, then hit a neighbor’s tree. Safety bags did not deploy.
turkey does cause drowsiness so that might have been the cause. Just heard the news on Fox News, praying for a speedy recovery
He was backing out and was seriously injured in that huge car????
Something doesn’t sound right.
30mph into an immovable object is devastating.
“The air bags did not deploy, so he was traveling under 33 mph.”
Not necessarily. The angle of impact has to be within a certain range for the airbags to deploy.
Commercial driver license oughta be required to drive these super SUV monsters!
Professional golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured in a car accident outside his Isleworth home early this morning
Amy L. Edwards and Henry Pierson Curtis
Sentinel Staff Writers
2:30 p.m. EST, November 27, 2009
Professional golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured in a car accident early this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol just reported.
Woods, 33, pulled out of his driveway in the Isleworth community about 2:25 a.m. when he struck a fire hydrant, and then drove into a tree at his neighbor's property, FHP reported.
Woods was transported to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee in serious condition, FHP said. No other information about his condition has been released.
A Health Central hospital employee said at 2:30 p.m. that Woods was not a patient. A hospital operator would not say if Woods had been treated and released.
FHP said the airbags in Woods' Cadillac Escalade did not deploy, which means the vehicle was traveling under 33 mph.
Orange County Fire Rescue received the call for aid at 2:28 a.m. Woods was transported from his Windermere-area neighborhood by the hospital's own ambulance.
FHP did not report the accident until just after 2 p.m. today. The agency said the crash remains under investigation and charges are pending.
Prayers for Tiger and family.
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