The Tiger effect?’ New crash details fuel questions about special treatment for Woods Gus Garcia-Roberts Tiger Woods was injured when he crashed an SUV in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. on Feb. 23. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/Associated Press) LOS ANGELES At a news conference this week, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced the results of his department’s investigation into the car accident that left Tiger Woods seriously injured and his golf career in jeopardy. But Villanueva spent most of his three-minute appearance dismissing the suggestion that his department treated the famous golfer differently than he would anybody else. “I know there are some saying he received special or preferential treatment of some kind,” Villanueva said. “That is absolutely false.”
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Tiger Woods mistakenly thought he was in the state of Florida when he was interviewed by a sheriff’s deputy at a Los Angeles area hospital after he crashed his vehicle in February, according to a 22-page collision report that reveals several new details about the collision sequence and aftermath.
Among the revelations in the report:
The legendary golfer’s blood pressure also was “too low to administer any type of pain medication” shortly after the crash.
An empty pharmaceutical bottle was found in a backpack at the scene of the crash with no label or indication of what was inside it.