Tiger Woods car crash: Investigators determine cause, won’t tell anyone
Investigators have determined the cause of Tiger Woods’ car crash in February, but will not publicly reveal it.
“There are some privacy issues on releasing information on the investigation,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Wednesday.
Cops have reached out to Woods’ representatives and asked them to waive any privacy concerns, Villanueva said during a social media press conference.
The 45-year-old golf great was driving his SUV down a hill near Rancho Palos Verdes in southern Los Angeles County on Feb. 23 when the vehicle crossed two lanes of oncoming traffic and rolled several times before coming to a badly mangled rest on an embankment.
Woods was pried from the car by rescue teams and underwent emergency surgeries on his right leg at a nearby hospital.
Police previously said Woods would not face charges for the incident, as he did not appear to be impaired at the scene. In 2017, Woods was arrested for DUI in Florida and pleaded guilty.
“This remains an accident,” Villanueva said in late February. “An accident is not a crime. They do happen, unfortunately.”
Villanueva said Wednesday that the county’s investigation was ”completed, signed, sealed and delivered,” but he could not release it without Woods’ permission.
That permission remains up in the air, especially given that Woods named his yacht “Privacy.”
Woods is now recovering at his home in Florida. Whether he’ll ever return to the PGA Tour is unknown.
