Woods injured in car crash but released from hospital
Agence France-Presse
MIAMI – Golf superstar Tiger Woods was taken to hospital after being injured in a car accident in Florida and has since been released, according to Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn.
Media reports, citing the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), said Woods crashed into a fire hydrant and then drove into a tree after leaving his property in the Isleworth community in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando.
“I understand that there was some facial lacerations, he was taken to Health Central Hospital, where he was treated and I’m told that he was released,” Bruhn told CNN.
The 33-year-old Woods was transported to a local hospital in Ocoee in “serious condition,” the FHP was quoted as saying.
Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, however told the CNBC network that the golfer “was fine.”
The Orlando Sentinel said the hospital would not confirm or deny that Woods had been admitted.
Woods, who was driving a 2009 black Cadillac Escalade, suffered facial lacerations in the accident which took place at about 2:30 a.m., the Orlando television station WESH 2 reported.
The station said the crash was still under investigation and charges could be pending.
