We were all hoping to hear, the twitter message referring to tigers is, quote, he is currently a, responsive and recovering in his hospital room. Thank you to the wonderful doctors and Hospital Staff at harvard ucla medical center, the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department and the Fire Department and thinks to all of those. When you look at the video from the scene of the accident, it could clearly have been so much worse. Woods is lucky to be alive according to the la sheriffs deputy who was first on missing, woods was extricated from the vehicle having suffered serious leg injuries and the Chief Medical Officer at harvard ucla gave some details on those injuries saying, quote, fractures affecting both the upper and lower portions of the to be a and fibula bones were stabilized by Inserting A Rod into the to be a. Additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle were stabilized with a combination of screws and pins. Those injuries sound devastating for an athlete like woods. It
Trouble spot, a hotspot in fatal traffic collisions. I will say it is fortunate mister woods was able to come out of this alive. Reporter we are not sure what caused this accident but have not been given any solid information from investigators. There is a question of whether tiger woods was going above the 45 mileperhour speed limit. The sheriff said there was no sign of impairment through drugs or alcohol and he also said tiger woods was lucky to come out of this and have the quality of modern Safety Technology to thank for that. He is a conditioned athlete that is in his favor. He had his seatbelt on so major trauma from hitting the console, the Steering Wheel and all that, he missed getting an object like the Telephone Pole which would have had a dramatically different outcome. Reporter the outcome for tiger woods dramatic enough, very serious injury to his right leg in particular. The Chief Medical Officer at harvard ucla hospital saying, quote, fractures affecting the upper and l