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Tiger Woods Crash Investigation Closed; Citation Issued

December 1st, 2009 by Castina

Tagged as: Sports Celebs,Tiger Woods

The Florida Highway Patrol has completed its investigation into the one-car collision that sent golfer Tiger Woods to an Orlando hospital last Friday.

Woods will be issued a careless driving citation for a car crash outside his Orlando-area mansion last week, Major Cindy Williams said in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. The charge will close the investigation and no criminal charges are being pursued. The athlete also faces a $164 fine.

According to a patrol accident report, Woods crashed his SUV into a fire hydrant and a tree at 2:25AM Friday. The airbags did not deploy and Woods’ wife, Elin, told Windermere Police she used a golf club to smash the back windows to free him.

The crash came two days after The National Enquirer published a story alleging that Woods had been secretly seeing a New York nightclub hostess. The woman denies the allegation.

On Monday, Woods withdrew from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from the crash.




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