The sports world was struck with major news on Tuesday morning when it was reported that 15-time major champion Tiger Woods was involved in a serious car crash in California.
In the minutes following the first report of the crash, which came from iHeartMedia’s Steven Gregory, information was scarce.
Tiger had participated in a golf outing with former NBA star Dwyane Wade on Monday, but Wade had shared social media videos and photos of the two together shortly before the first report of the crash surfaced.
Gregory reported that Woods was injured in the crash and needed to be removed from his vehicle with the “jaws of life.”
#BREAKING Agency at scene say @TigerWoods was injured in crash in Ranchos Palos Verdes at Hawthorne Blvd near Blackhorse Rd. Fire crews had to use jaws of life to get him out of vehicle. @KFIAM640 @FOXSports @AM570LASports @espn @TMZ_Sports
— stevengregory (@stevengregory) February 23, 2021
About 25 minutes after Gregory’s report, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that a single-car rollover crash occurred at 7:12 a.m. PT on Tuesday. Woods was the lone occupant in the car, which was seriously damaged.
This morning @LMTLASD responded to a roll-over collision in which @TigerWoods was injured. Please see our statement… pic.twitter.com/cSWOxKZC1w
— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) February 23, 2021
The statement didn’t offer details about Woods’ condition — just that he was injured and transported to a nearby hospital via ambulance.
News footage captured images of the crash scene, showing a courtesy Genesis SUV turned over in a grassy area off the side of the road.
Looks like Tiger covered quite a bit of ground, this kind of tracks the path from overhead pic.twitter.com/I3EOUQatHS
— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) February 23, 2021
These Tiger car crash images are frightening pic.twitter.com/SaOpGwhL7G
— Ryan Lavner (@RyanLavnerGC) February 23, 2021
Woods’ agent said in a statement that Tiger suffered multiple leg injuries and remained in surgery.
Tiger Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, said in a statement that Tiger suffered multiple leg injuries in this morning's crash and is currently in surgery.
— Ryan Bass (@Ry_Bass) February 23, 2021
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
