Tiger Woods was unconscious for SIX minutes after car crash outside home following ‘2am row with wife’
Tiger Woods was unconscious for six minutes after a mysterious car accident outside his Florida home yesterday reported to be arguing with his wife.
The world number one golfer for the first time at a fire hydrant or in a neighbor’s tree smashed shortly after his £ 24million mansion Orlando during the early hours.
According to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Woods was left unconscious for six minutes.
His wife, Swedish model Elin Nordegren, had two golf clubs to use the rear window of the £ 500million star’s car smash open with a golf club to help her husband get out.
Police Chief Daniel Saylor said the sportsman lies in the street, drifting in and out of consciousness when his officers arrived.
In love, met Woods wife Elin, a Swedish model, the 2001 British Open
Argument? Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren, who reported to him to save him from his crashed car by breaking the rear window with a golf club
“His wife had not broken out the rear window with a golf club to get into the vehicle and pull him. She has two golf clubs that are used. They are one and use another one,” he said.
The police chief told U.S. magazine People: “When they got there, they noticed he had lacerations are lower and the upper lip and the blood in his mouth and he was in and out of consciousness.”
Two officers treated him until 15 minutes before an ambulance arrived. “They were holding him down, because he kept trying to stand on and he kept going in and out of consciousness,” Mr. Saylor said.
“They had his head held stable for him and basically made sure he did not move.”
Initially they feared Woods, 33, was seriously injured and was taken to the hospital, but it later emerged he was not seriously injured and was released later in the day.
The golfer, who was not traffic charges over the crash of the face, is believed to hit his head on the steering wheel.
The airbag in his powerful 4×4 Cadillac Escalade was not bloated, which indicates the vehicle was traveling under 33mph.
And further mystery surrounds the bizarre accident after the police revealed alcohol did play a role in the accident.
The Florida Highway Patrol report read: “Driver has just pulled out of the driveway at his house … If V1 begins to run on Deacon Circle, L1, struck a fire hydrant. The front end of V1 then struck a tree. The driver was transported to Health Central Hospital. The crash remains under investigation and charges are pending. ”
Last night, TMZ, the website which broke the story of Michael Jackson’s death, Woods claimed his 29-year-old woman had rowed for the golfer in his car.
A police source called it a domestic issue. ”
Although they also said that Woods was not drunk, he could be charged if he is not worn his seatbelt – an offense in Florida – and other minor traffic violations.
Initially it was thought he was seriously injured, but last night Woods’s agent Mark Steinberg, issued a statement saying: “Tiger Woods is fine.”
The mayor of Windermere, Gary Bruhn said the golfer’s injuries were minor, involving cuts to his face.
“Actually, it has been left lacerations, and as I understand it, nothing serious,” he said.
A Highway Patrol spokesman said Woods was taken Hospital Health Center in Ocoee. The accident occurred at 2:25 local time yesterday.
Health Central Hospital in Ococee, Florida: Where Woods was treated for cuts
Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Florida, where Woods was treated for cuts
Family man: Woods with his wife, Elin, and first child Sam Alexis in 2007
Family man: Woods with his wife, Elin, and first child Sam Alexis in 2007
Orange County Fire Rescue received a call for help from three minutes later and Mr Woods was taken to hospital by ambulance.
A hospital spokesman said that by 2:30 local time Mr. Woods had been treated and released.
Highway Patrol report did not cause the accident just after 2 local time. A spokesman at the crash remained under investigation.
There was almost no sign of the crash outside Woods’ luxury house last night, apart from an orange and white road barrier on his front lawn and a new hole dug where the fire was hyrdrant.
Approximately 10 meters away, a foot-long tire mark is visible in the neighbor’s front garden near a tree with the fresh bark is damaged. The oak had a few scuff marks on his torso, but was largely intact.
The U.S. star was the world’s highest-paid professional athlete in 2008, has earned an estimated £ 67million of earnings and endorsements.
Among the most successful golfers of all time, he has won 14 major golf championships – the second highest of any male player – and 71 PGA Tour events, all while still at a young age in the sport.
He married Miss Nordegren in 2004, after it was introduced at the 2001 British Open championship.
The few homes in America and Sweden, but live with their two children, Sam and Charlie Axel Alexis, at their home in the Orlando suburb of Isle Worth.
The exclusive neighborhood, a short drive away from famous attractions like Universal Studios and Walt Disney World Resort is a playground for the rich.
Houses are starting from £ 600,000 with a few to reach over £ 10million.
Planet Hollywood CEO Robert Earl, basketball player Shaquille O’Neal and golfer Mark O’Meara already live there.
Earlier this month, Woods won the Australian Masters by two shots and became only the third American to win the title, following in the footsteps of O’Meara.
Woods’s father, Earl, died from cancer in 2006.
He was the architect of the golf player’s career and at the time of his death, his son, describing him as “my best friend and greatest role model.”
