TIGER WOODS has undergone surgery after suffering multiple leg injuries in a car crash in Los Angeles.
The golf superstar, 45, was driving in California when the car rolled over following a collision and he had to be cut from the wreckage.
Meanwhile, 911 audio reveals the moment cops were alerted to Tiger Woods’ car crash before he was cut out using ‘jaws of life’.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Tiger Woods was “lucky to be alive.”
The golf star was wearing a seat belt which helped him survive, along with the airbag that activated, revealed a sheriff’s deputy at the crash scene.
Villanueva said: “After all of that, the interior was more or less intact which kind of gave him the cushion to survive which otherwise would have been a fatal crash.
Villanueva said the Sheriff’s Office received a call at 7:12 AM from a neighbour who heard the crash and came down to meet arriving authorities as the car was hidden behind shrubbery.
“There was no evidence of impairments,” Villanueva said, adding there was no need to administer a sobriety test because the tell-tale signs of drugs of alcohol “were not present.”
“It crossed the centre divider to the point it was several hundred feet away” Villanueva said, implying Woods was “traveling at a relatively greater speed than normal.”
Villanueva and other officials explained that particular area in the road has “a high frequency of accident, it’s not uncommon,” given the steepness of the road and the slight bend undetectable to speeding drivers.
“There were no skid marks, no breaking, meaning the first contact was with the centre median,” the sheriff continued. “Then crossed into the opposing lane of traffic, hit a curb, hit a tree, and several rollovers during that process.”
The sheriff said Woods “was able to communicate and he was conscious,” adding again “he was alive, and he was conscious.”
