The golfer Tiger Woods He was “disoriented” after the accident he suffered in February 2021 near The Angels to the point that he believed he was in Florida instead of California, according to a report on the accident.
The accident scene investigation report prepared by the California Highway Patrol also reveals that emergency workers found an empty, unlabeled pill bottle among the athlete’s belongings, although they do not believe he was under the influence. the drugs.
According to investigators, while Woods was receiving medical treatment in the emergency room after the accident, a sheriff’s deputy asked him to recount what happened.
The golfer said he did not remember being involved in a collision and “thought he was in a state of Florida“says the document.
Regarding the empty medication container, investigators argued that there was “no reason” to believe that Woods had driven the vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs, but rather, that he crashed because he was driving at a “speed unsafe for traffic.” road conditions”.
In fact, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department determined on April 7 that Woods was driving twice the speed limit on the stretch of road where he was involved in the accident.
“Woods was driving 84 to 87 miles per hour on a downhill stretch of road outside of Los Angeles that had a speed limit of 45 miles per hour,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a statement. press conference in which he presented the results of the investigation into the event.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) April 7, 2021
