Friday, November 27, 2009

Police chief: Woods' wife helped after accident (AP)

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JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP)—Tiger Woods was scraped when his sports utility vehicle struck a blast hydrant and a tree nearby his Orlando-area mansion in a gated Florida waterfront accord primeval Friday.

The Florida Highway Patrol said the world’s top participant impact the hydrant and then a tree after pulling out of his driveway in his 2009 Cadillac SUV.

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Woods spokesman Glenn Greenspan said the participant was aerated at Health Central Hospital and released in beatific condition. The happening inform classified Woods’ injuries as serious, but guard spokeswoman Kim Montes said troopers consider the injuries earnest if they require more than minor scrutiny attention.

The FHP said beverage was not involved, though the happening remains under investigation and charges could be filed. No digit else was in the car, Montes said.

The happening happened at 2:25 a.m., though the FHP did not promulgation the accident inform until nearly 12 hours later.

Gary Bruhn, mayor of the conterminous accord of Windermere, said police from that accord were among the first on the happening environs and saw Woods with cuts on his face.

Woods’ $2.4 meg bag is conception of the inner Isleworth division near Orlando, a accord set on an Arnold Palmer-designed sport instruction and a chain of small lakes. The neighborhood, which is secure with broad brick walls and has its possess security force, is bag to CEOs and another sports stars much as the NBA’s Shaquille O’Neal.

Woods has won 14 conference and 82 times around the world, most fresh at the Australian poet on Nov. 15.

He was to host his tournament, the Chevron World Challenge, on weekday at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California.

He won sextet times this assemblage after absent eight months sick from reconstructive surgery on his mitt knee. Even though he unsuccessful to get a major, Woods said he thoughtful this a flourishing assemblage because he did not know how his knee would respond.

Associated Press writers Tamara Lush and Lisa Orkin Emmanuel in Miami contributed to this report.


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