the golfer Tiger Woods he was “disoriented” after the accident he suffered in February near Los Angeles to the point that he believed he was in Florida instead of California, according to a report on the known accident on Friday.
The accident scene investigation report prepared by the California Highway Patrol further reveals that emergency workers found among the athlete’s belongings an empty, unencumbered pill bottle. label, although they do not believe it was under the influence of drugs.
According to the inquiries, while Woods was receiving medical treatment in the emergency room after the accident, an aide to the bailiff asked him to recount what had happened.
The golfer said he did not remember being involved in a collision and “thought he was in the state of Florida at the time,” the document states.
As for the empty medicine container, the researchers argued that there was “no reason” to believe that Woods had been driving the vehicle under the effects of alcohol or drugs, but rather that he was driving. crashing because he was driving at an “unsafe speed due to road conditions.”
In fact, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department determined two days ago that Woods was driving at twice the speed limit allowed on the stretch of road on which he suffered the crash.
“Woods was driving 84 to 87 miles per hour (135 to 140 kilometers per hour) on a stretch of road downhill on the outskirts of Los Angeles that had a speed limit of 45 miles per hour (72 kilometers per hour).” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Wednesday at a news conference in which he presented the results of the investigation into the incident.
Excessive speed and inability to dodge the curve on the road were the causes of the crash, which left Woods “seriously injured” with injuries to his foot, ankle, tibia and fibula in his right leg.
Investigations suggest Woods accelerated downhill, rather than slowing down on this stretch of road, and that he crossed two lanes in the opposite direction before colliding with a tree, causing his vehicle to turn several times.
The 45-year-old golfer was in the area to compete in the annual Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, near Santa Monica, Los Angeles.
Woods is one of the most successful golfers of all time, with a record 683 weeks at number one in the world, most recently from March 2013 to May 2014.