Golf Legend Tiger Woods Arrested After A Florida Crash
Tiger Woods was detained and charged with DUI on Friday following a rollover near his Florida home, according to authorities.
This came after the 15-time major champion’s golf career was thrown into new upheaval.
Woods, 50, escaped injury but was held when his vehicle collided with a truck while attempting to overtake on a residential lane on Jupiter Island, rolling onto its side and grinding to a halt.
Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said Woods, who was jailed for driving under the influence in 2017, showed evidence of “impairment” despite passing a breathalyser test.
“When it came time for us to ask for a urinalysis test, he refused, and so he’s been charged with DUI, with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test in the crash,” Budensiek said.
Tiger Woods getting cuffed on DUI charge after slamming into truck & refusing urine test
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His 3rd crash, these are his previous & today's mugshot https://t.co/hMNcIXrECV pic.twitter.com/66mf2KfKQ2
In line with Florida DUI laws, Woods was detained at the county jail for eight hours and was photographed departing the facility in a car late Friday.
A booking photo showed a red-eyed, stubbly-chinned Woods when he arrived at the jail about two hours after the crash.
Budensiek said drug recognition experts who examined Woods at the scene found the golfer “lethargic” and believed he was impaired with “some kind of medication or drug.”
No drugs or medication were found in his vehicle and since Woods refused the urine test, his right under the Florida law.
The authorities said “will never get definitive results as to what he was impaired on at the time of the crash,” Budensiek said.
While neither Woods nor the driver of the other vehicle was injured, Budensiek said the incident on the two-lane road “could have been a lot worse.”
“Had somebody been moving in the opposite direction, we would not be having a conversation saying there were no injuries,” he said.
Budensiek said he didn’t know how fast Woods was driving in the moments before the crash.
He said the driver of the truck had slowed to make a turn, then tried to move to the side of the road when he saw Woods’s fast-moving vehicle attempting to overtake him.
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“When I show you the photos, they kind of speak for themselves…you can see that (Woods) slid for a decent space before he came to a stop,” said the sheriff.
He also added that after the crash, Woods climbed out of the passenger-side window of his Land Rover.
President Donald Trump expressed sympathy for Woods in remarks to reporters in Miami following the incident.
🚨 JUST IN — PRESIDENT TRUMP on Tiger Woods' rollover car crash in Florida: "I feel so badly…really close friend of mine, amazing person, amazing man. He's got some difficulty."
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Pray for Tiger Woods! 🙏🏻🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/RUJkT63CGd
“He’s got some difficulty, there was an accident, and that’s all I know,” Trump said.
“Very close friend of mine. He’s an amazing person, amazing man, but, uh, some difficulty.”
Golf Legend Tiger Woods Arrested After A Florida Crash
