Tiger Woods did not remember anything about the wreck of his car on February 23 and thought he was in the state of Florida when a deputy sheriff interviewed him at a hospital in Los Angeles after the accident.
These were among the new details included in 22 pages of a traffic collision report and additional reports released Friday by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
The report of the incident completed by the deputy Carlos Gonzalez concluded that Woods “was guilty in this collision because he drove at an unsafe speed for the road conditions (inability to negotiate a curve on the road)”.
An analysis of the data from the black box recorder in the Genesis SUV that Woods was driving that day concluded that the SUV was traveling in a straight line, no brakes were applied and no steering input was detected until at a slight steering motion late in the recorded blocking sequence.
“He had [Woods] it applied the brakes to reduce its speed or directed to correct the direction of travel, it would not have collided with the central median and the collision would not have occurred “, the reporter Michael Downing wrote in the report.
Gonzalez wrote that when he found Woods in the overturned SUV on the side of the road shortly after the accident, Woods was still in the driver’s seat with his seat belt fastened.
“[Woods] he acted in a manner compatible with someone suffering from shock due to the fact that he was involved in a major traffic collision, “Gonzalez wrote.”[Woods] he was filling the airbag back on the steering wheel. [Woods] he was knocked unconscious during the collision and said he did not know how the collision took place. “
The report said Woods was beaten unconscious, had lacerations to his lower jaw, bruised right and left ribs, a fractured right tibia and fibula, and a possible injury to his right ankle.
Gonzalez said in his report that Woods “had an open fracture in the middle of his foot on his right foot below the knee” and “reacted to the pain after he was moved out of the vehicle.”
Due to Woods’ injuries, Gonzalez said he could not perform sobriety tests and could not find alcohol, the smell of alcohol or prescription drugs in the SUV. According to an additional report, there was an empty, unlabeled pill bottle in the front pocket of an SUV backpack.
The report said Woods had low blood pressure, which “was consistent with the shock of the collision and injuries [he] sustained. A Los Angeles County Fire Department captain who treated Woods on the spot reported that he was “somewhat combative,” which was consistent with the shock of his injuries. Woods was given morphine and Zofran in while being transported to the hospital by ambulance.
Deputy Kyle Sullivan interviewed Woods as his chin was sewn by doctors at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California. Sullivan wrote in his report that “Woods did not remember being involved in a traffic collision” and “believed he was currently in the state of Florida.”
Woods told Sullivan that he didn’t remember anything after taking two long photo sessions the day before, and Woods said he didn’t drink alcohol or take prescription drugs the night before or the morning before. .
Justin Smith, who investigated whether Woods was injured while driving the SUV, interviewed responding officers and other first responders who treated Woods on the spot. The captain of the LA County Fire Department noted that Woods’ students “were not identified and were not limited, which would have indicated the narcotic analgesic influence.”
Gonzalez told Smith that Woods’ answers to his questions “were not delayed, and his speech was not slowed down.”
Smith obtained footage from the valet’s room and from the reception at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, where Woods had been staying. Smith noted that Woods “did not appear to have weak dexterity and did not sway or sway.”
Based on his investigation, Smith concluded that “there was no reason to believe [Woods] he had operated a vehicle while suffering from alcohol / drugs. “