Golf: Tiger Woods may have hit accelerator instead of brake in high-speed crash

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Tiger Woods was travelling more than 40 miles per hour above the speed limit when he lost control of his car, causing the accident that severely ...

LOS ANGELES: Tiger Woods was travelling more than 40 miles per hour above the speed limit when he lost control of his car, causing the accident that severely injured him in February, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said on Wednesday .

The car's so-called"black box" data recorder showed that Woods engaged the accelerator and never applied the brake during the incident, said LASD Captain James Powers. "It’s believed that when you panic or you have some sort of sudden interruption while you’re driving, your initial thought is to hit the brake and it’s believed he may have done that but hit the accelerator," Powers said.The one-car crash left the 82-time PGA Tour winner with a fractured right leg and shattered ankle, and stunned the world of sport and beyond, with former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama among those who offered support.

 

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