Victim of a road accident while driving his car Tuesday near Los Angeles, Tiger Woods will not be prosecuted “for dangerous driving”, as announced on Wednesday the sheriff in charge of the investigation about the accident.
Golf star Tiger Woods will not be prosecuted “for dangerous driving” after going off the road in which he suffered a serious leg injury, the Los Angeles County Sheriff, responsible for the investigation, said on Wednesday. accident. “A charge of dangerous driving involves many elements, this is a simple accident,” Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at a press briefing.
The investigation could last several weeks
Woods (45) rolled over several times Tuesday morning after presumably losing control of his vehicle on a steep and accident-prone stretch of road near Los Angeles. No other vehicle was involved, according to the first elements of the investigation. The investigations, which could last several weeks, will focus on determining the “cause of the accident”.
At worst, it could be “inattentive driving, which constitutes an offense, yet dangerous driving is more than an offense, it is an offense defined by a large number of elements, and it is not there is nothing like it here, ”explained Alex Villanueva. Investigators hope they can rely on data extracted from the vehicle driven by Woods, a luxury and very recent model, to clarify the causes of the accident.
Such a “black box” had not yet been extracted from the wreckage of the SUV on Wednesday at midday but “we hope it is equipped with a black box and that we will have information on the speed, which could have played a role in this accident, specified the sheriff. The day before, he had estimated that Woods was traveling “at a relatively higher speed than normal” on a portion limited to 72 km / h, specifying that no sign of braking had been noted.
Sheriff Villanueva confirmed on Wednesday that there was “no evidence” at this point to suggest that Woods was driving under the influence of narcotics, drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash. He suffered from multiple open fractures in one leg, which put the rest of his career at risk.
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