Tiger Woods in Surgery with 'Multiple Leg Injuries' After Car Crash
Tiger Woods is in surgery after suffering “multiple leg injuries” in a rollover car crash in Los Angeles, California.
The LA County Sheriff’s Department said that it “responded to a single-vehicle rollover” accident in which the “vehicle sustained major damage”.
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The 15-time golf major champion, 45, had to be “extricated from the wreck” by firefighters and paramedics.
Tiger Woods is shown on Sunday at the Genesis Invitational golf tournament.
Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg said: “He is currently in surgery and we thank you for your privacy and support.”
Steinberg confirmed the detail about the American having sustained “multiple leg injuries”.
The wreckage of Woods’ car on Tuesday after the crash shortly at 7am. He had to be pulled from the wreckage
Woods was at the Riviera Country Club in LA at the weekend as host of the Genesis Invitational.
A statement from the LA County Sheriff’s Department said it responded to the crash “on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes” on Tuesday morning.
It added: “Mr Woods was extricated from the wreck with the ‘jaws of life’ by Los Angeles County firefighters and paramedics, then transported to a local hospital by ambulance for his injuries.”
