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[epicnemesis]

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/tiger-woods-car-accident-los-angeles

Horrible. What a shitty way to end his career. Apparently his legs are mangled.

 

[Tg89]

Fuck man, just awful.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Roll over too.

Guy was probably drunk. Doesn't sound like other cars were involved.

 

[Paulxo87]

I'm looking at live helicopter views of the crash scene. I'll reserve judgement until we truly know the cause of the crash but he must have been FLYING.

 

[UncleMeat]

Ya I just heard about it, this sucks. Single car accident too.

This article shows a picture of his car. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/23/tig...officers-used-jaws-of-life-to-rescue-him.html

 

[levyjl1988]

In case anyone asks:

The term "Jaws of Life" refers to several types of piston-rod hydraulic tools known as cutters, spreaders and rams, which are used to pry open vehicles involved in accidents when a victim may be trapped.

 

[GHG]

Roll over too.

Guy was probably drunk. Doesn't sound like other cars were involved.

It's usually being distracted or taking evasive action that causes these kinds of incidents.

The good news is that he's survived at least. Hopefully he recovers well, has no long term issues and can enjoy his retirement.

 

[CrankyJay™]

He's very troubled, it seems. Hopefully he makes a full recovery, or at the very least so he can keep playing golf with his kid, but it doesn't sound good. I heard "multiple leg injuries"

 

[belmarduk]

Again? Holy shit that’s sad.

 

[Rock And Roll]

If his legs are fucked what a sad way to end a career.

 

[epicnemesis]

Roll over too.

Guy was probably drunk. Doesn't sound like other cars were involved.

I think high on pain meds. His back was apparently acting up again. Looked high as hell on tv on Sunday.

 

[MastAndo]

Just terrible. Not to speculate, but he did look pretty messed up during an interview at the Genesis Invitational a few days ago. It's probably the pain pills.

They're also saying compound fractures to his legs. It all sounds pretty gruesome but in the end, he's fortunate to be alive.

 

[Paulxo87]

I think high on pain meds. His back was apparently acting up again. Looked high as hell on tv on Sunday.

Because he doesn't know how to fucking relax so things can heal right. Supposedly he's been out all weekend socializing with celebrities and giving them pointers with their swings.

 

[Termite]

All the jokes about him being high as a kite on TV at the Genesis on Sunday suddenly read very different.

Good luck to him, hope he makes a full recovery. His career at the top level is surely over.

 

[gow3isben]

That other horrific, repugnant place already taking shots at him accepting the medal of freedom

My condolences and hope for his sake he was high enough at the time to dull out the pain from this ridiculous crash

 

[SlimySnake]

Roll over too.

Guy was probably drunk. Doesn't sound like other cars were involved.

SUVs tend to roll over easily.

But yes, good chance he was drunk or drugged up or at the very least distracted on his phone.

 

[Croatoan]

2021 starting off bad like 2020. What is next?

 

[Hari Seldon]

He needed to retire before this. His back is just too fucked up to play golf.

 

[Alebrije]

Wow ..its a huge pit....he is lucky ...

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

In case anyone asks:

The term "Jaws of Life" refers to several types of piston-rod hydraulic tools known as cutters, spreaders and rams, which are used to pry open vehicles involved in accidents when a victim may be trapped.

Thanks for the clarification. I thought they brought in a friendly shark.

 

[Virt McPolygon]

Sounds really scary when you need special equipment to remove someone from a crashed vehicle. Could've been a lot worse, especially if the car caught fire.

 

[DESTROYA]

Hope he’s not hurt too bad, never wish this on anyone no matter the circumstances.

 

[DeafTourette]

When I heard about this initially, I was like "oh no... Not another one!" But I'm glad he's ALIVE! I hope his recovery is quick and FULL!

 

[Droxcy]

Back spasms are hell of a thing luckily he was wearing his seat belt (hopefully looks like it) if he broke both legs then yeah he won't be recovered before he retires shame

 

[BlackM1st]

He didn't attempt to brake. Woof. He is incredibly lucky...Also, why Genesis SUV out of all cars? Promo campaign maybe? Why no Bentley, no Mercedes? Hell, he probably can easily afford RR too. Such a weird choice for a car.

 

[CrapSandwich]

The jaws of life were not used. Which doesn't really matter, but is interesting in that it's one of three or four bits of information to this story, but now appears to be wrong and spun from thin air.

 

[DragoonKain]

Apparently shattered his ankle and broke both legs, one being a compound fracture(bone breaks in half and punctures through the skin).

His biggest concern going forward is going to be not having any kind of staph infection with that compound fracture. Always a risk.

 

[Porcile]

He's not out the woods yet it seems...

 

[MGHA]

He's not out the woods yet it seems...

Whoa, easy Tiger.

 

[West Texas CEO]

If his legs are fucked what a sad way to end a career.

Aye, he'll never have a leg up on the competition after this.

 

[Porcile]

Whoa, easy Tiger.

Whoa, easy Tiger.

The jokes write themselves but honestly I love the guy. I even have a couple autographs. He really should've just used a driver if he was taking some strong panikillers.

 

[epicnemesis]

The jokes write themselves but honestly I love the guy. I even have a couple autographs. He really should've just used a driver if he was taking some strong panikillers.

It’s a really tricky road too. Windy roads with lots of dips. I’ve been on it a few times, got married near there. I would never drive it in an altered state.

 

[Bullet Club]

 

[TransTrender]

Oh man that's bad.

Tiger Woods suffers multiple leg injuries in single-car accident in Los Angeles

The roll-over car crash happened Tuesday morning. Woods was conscious when authorities arrived at the scene, was wearing a seatbelt and had no evidence of impairment when he was taken to the hospital for surgery

www.golfdigest.com

Woods suffered “comminuted open fractures” to both the upper and lower portions of his tibia and fibula in his right leg, as well as damage to the ankle bones and trauma to the muscle and soft-tissue of the leg, according to an update released via his social-media accounts on Tuesday night. A comminuted fracture is when a bone breaks into more than two pieces, and an open fracture suggests bone broke the skin.

 

[BouncyFrag]

A comeback from an accident like this is not unprecedented. Tiger considered Ben Hogan’s comeback after getting hit by a bus to be one of the greatest sports comebacks of all time. If Tiger has the mind to pull off a similar feat, I wouldn’t put it past him.

I know this is wishful thinking, but his competitive spirit is something fierce.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article249459385.html

On Feb. 2, 1949, Ben and his wife, Valerie, were driving near Van Horn, Texas, on their way back to Fort Worth in foggy conditions when their car was hit head-on by a Greyhound bus.

Hogan reportedly stretched out across the seat to save Valerie. The left side of Hogan’s body was crushed. He sustained injuries to his pelvis, ankle, knee, ribs, collarbone and shoulder...

....The initial reports said Ben Hogan was dead. When the full details of the injury became known, the prevailing thought was that he would be lucky to walk again, and his career as a professional golfer was over.

He was 36.

Sixteen months after the crash, Ben Hogan won the 1950 U.S. Open at Merion near Philadelphia. He would have to play five rounds in four days, and it became known as the “Miracle at Merion.”

“I think that one of the greatest comebacks in all of sport is the gentleman who won here, Mr. Ben Hogan. I mean, he got hit by a bus and came back and won major championships,” Tiger Woods said at Augusta in the spring of 2018 about Hogan who won The Masters in 1951 and 1953.

 

[Bullet Club]

Tweet gets it wrong by only saying tibia when you can see both lower leg bones broken in those x-rays.

The x-rays aren't of Tiger, the Doc said they were for illustrative purposes only.

 

[TransTrender]

The x-rays aren't of Tiger, the Doc said they were for illustrative purposes only.

Ahhhhhh, my mistake

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Sucks all around, but it's a good thing he made it out alive at all. Small blessings and all. Or you know, huge ones.

 

[daclynk]

that is not good. wish him well.

 

[Master Of Illusion]

Now that's what you call a hole in one of his legs.

 

[stn]

I don't know much about injuries in general but I hope he makes a full recovery.

 

[Evil Calvin]

No evidence of impairment

7:15 am, going downhill at a high rate of speed, veering over the center line and down a hill. Sounds like he may have fallen asleep.

 

[Tesseract]

saw this in my dev feed last night, absolutely brutal

woods is tough and will bounce back faster than people think

 

[gow3isben]

According to CNN he was in shock but lucid and not in significant distress or pain (likely because of the adrenaline).

Great news.

 

[n0razi]

Sounds worse than Alex Smith injury which was horrific enough to make people faint.

 

[Neil Young]

A bump to provide the cause. Looks like excessive speed. Going 84 to 87 mph in a 45. Not cited or blood test taken.

Sheriff: Excessive speed caused Woods' crash

Tiger Woods' car accident in February was caused by excessive speed, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office says.

www.espn.com

 

[SlimySnake]

A bump to provide the cause. Looks like excessive speed. Going 84 to 87 mph in a 45. Not cited or blood test taken.

Sheriff: Excessive speed caused Woods' crash

Tiger Woods' car accident in February was caused by excessive speed, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office says.

www.espn.com

i just saw that. how do you not give him a ticket for speeding or reckless driving.

Instead of pressing brakes, he pressed gas. Surely thats grounds for a blood test for alcohol levels.

 

[Blond]

i just saw that. how do you not give him a ticket for speeding or reckless driving.

Instead of pressing brakes, he pressed gas. Surely thats grounds for a blood test for alcohol levels.

It literally pays to be rich in America, you save so much money a regular person just can’t avoid even if they tried.

 

[DeepEnigma]

i just saw that. how do you not give him a ticket for speeding or reckless driving.

Instead of pressing brakes, he pressed gas. Surely thats grounds for a blood test for alcohol levels.

And they refused to release the findings until now.

 

[Vestal]

i just saw that. how do you not give him a ticket for speeding or reckless driving.

Instead of pressing brakes, he pressed gas. Surely thats grounds for a blood test for alcohol levels.

Is there a history of giving citations for similar situations like this? Single car crash where the evidence relating to speed etc is collected after the fact?