Florida Highway Patrol: Tiger Woods Seriously Injured in Car Accident
The Chicago Tribune reports
that Tiger Woods was seriously injured in a single car accident early this morning. The Florida Highway Patrol just reported the incident.
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.
The FHP report said that charges are pending, but it's not clear who would be charged or with what. The report also indicated that alcohol wasn't a factor.
So far there has been no statement from Tiger Woods' rep or family. Our thoughts are with him and his family; we wish him a speedy recovery.
Update: Tiger Woods rep Glenn Greenspan said that Tiger was treated at the hospital and released in "good condition." CNN reported that a local Florida mayor said he suffered facial lacerations.
