No evidence of impairment at Tiger Woods crash scene, sheriff says

Record ID: 1602771

  • Title: No evidence of impairment at Tiger Woods crash scene, sheriff says
  • Date: 23rd February 2021
  • Summary: LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FEBRUARY 23, 2021) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF ALEX VILLANUEVA WALKING TO PODIUM AND SAYING: "Today at 7.12 in the morning, the Lomita Sheriff's Station received a call of a solo vehicle collision in Hawthorne Boulevard, north of Palos Verdes Drive. We arrived on scene at 7.18 a.m. and discovered a solo vehi
  • Embargoed: 9th March 2021 23:47
  • Keywords: Tiger Woods accident car crash fire department golf sheriff
  • Location: LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • City: LOMITA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Golf,Sport,United States
  • Reuters ID: LVA001E0V7C5J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Golfing champion Tiger Woods was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday (February 23) with severe leg injuries suffered when his car veered off a road and rolled down a steep hillside, requiring rescue crews to pry him from the wreckage, authorities said.
    The injuries were not believed to be life-threatening, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told a news conference hours later, adding that Woods was conscious and "able to communicate" when rescue personnel arrived.
    The sheriff said there was no evidence of impairment when Woods was assessed by emergency workers at the scene, and that no blood samples were drawn by investigators after he was rushed by ambulance to the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
    Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby said Woods suffered serious injuries to both legs and that he was initially listed in serious but stable condition. CNN reported Woods sustained compound fractures to his legs.
    The sheriff's department initially said a rescue tool known as "the jaws of life" was used to pry Woods from the wreckage. Fire department officials later said emergency personnel pulled Woods from the vehicle through the front windshield after the glass was removed.
    (Production: Alan Devall, Jane Ross)
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