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Tiger Woods Seriously Hurt in Car Accident

Golf star was pulling out of his own driveway

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 27, 2009 1:51 PM CST
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(Newser) – Tiger Woods was seriously hurt in a car crash early this morning outside his home in Orlando, the Florida Highway Patrol reported this afternoon. Alcohol was not a factor. The golf megastar was pulling out of his driveway at less than 33mph—the speed at which airbags deploy—when he struck a fire hydrant and then a neighbor's tree. The highway patrol, which did not report the 2:25am incident until just after 2pm, says charges are pending, the Orlando Sentinel reports.

Tiger Woods looks on with his daughter Sam before the start of a college football game between California and Stanford in Stanford, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.
Tiger Woods looks on with his daughter Sam before the start of a college football game between California and Stanford in Stanford, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009.   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Tiger Woods watches the fall of his shot on the first in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 15, 2009, during the fourth round of the Australian Masters golf tournament at Kingston Heath.
Tiger Woods watches the fall of his shot on the first in Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 15, 2009, during the fourth round of the Australian Masters golf tournament at Kingston Heath.   (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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stuck-in-paris
Nov 28, 2009 7:37 AM CST
the sales!!!!!
Jeebus
Nov 28, 2009 7:04 AM CST
Would an Asian driving joke be inappropriate right now?
inky
Nov 27, 2009 11:28 AM CST
http://www.newser.com/story/74... Hmmmn. Why was he leaving his house in the middle of the night?

 
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