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UPDATE: Tiger Woods awake and recovering in hospital following serious car crash
(UPDATE: Feb. 24 @ 9 am) - Tiger Woods is awake and recovering in hospital after suffering multiple injuries to his leg in a serious car crash Tuesday.
According to a statement from his social media channels, Woods had to undergo a “long surgical procedure on his lower right leg and ankle.” Mr. Woods suffered significant orthopedic injuries to his right lower extremity that were treated during emergency surgery by Orthopaedic trauma specialists at Harbour-UCLA Medical Centre, a level 1 trauma centre, said Dr. Anish Mahajan in the statement. Comminuted open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula bones were stabilized by inserting a rod into the tibia. Additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle were stabilized with a combination of screws and pins.
During yesterday s press conference, Deputy
Carlos Gonzalez said Tiger was lucid and could speak at the crash scene. He said the golfer did not appear to be under the influence of alcohol or any other substance.
You can watch it below:
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TMZ Sports obtained a video of Tiger driving Tuesday morning on Hawthorne Blvd, minutes before the crash. Peep the clip above.
According to a crew member working on the TV show Grown-ish, Tiger nearly struck a TV director before his accident.
Tiger was staying at a hotel where a major network television show was being shot. Production sources tell TMZ, when the director arrived just before 7 AM, Tiger was driving his SUV very fast as he was leaving the property and almost hit the director s car. The director was shaken enough to tell production staff about it after he parked.
Tiger Woods Badly Hurt in Rollover Car Crash, but Is Expected to Survive newsmax.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsmax.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.