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Tiger Woods.
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  • Tiger Woods has been injured and hospitalized following a severe car accident in Los Angeles.
  • The superstar golfer was rescued using the “Jaws of Life” after his car flipped over.
  • The extent of Woods’ injuries remain unclear, though the car he drove sustained “major damage.”
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Tiger Woods has been hospitalized after suffering injuries in a major car accident.

The greatest golfer in the history of the sport was involved in a single-car crash in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday. Woods was the driver and lone occupant of the vehicle when it rolled over on the side of the road in Ranchos Palos Verdes. The vehicle “sustained major damage,” the Los Angeles County Sheriffs department shared on Twitter, with firefighters and paramedics were forced to use the “Jaws of Life” to remove Woods from the wreckage.

Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, told Golf Digest’s Daniel Rapaport that his client “suffered multiple leg injuries” and is currently undergoing surgery at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Shots of Woods’ vehicle – which appears to be a Genesis – circulating online and featured on various news networks showed a the remains of a silver SUV laying on its side. Both the hood and rear of the car appeared mangled with some of the windows shattered and the wheels splayed.

 

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