Tiger Woods suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries and underwent hours of surgery Tuesday after a single-vehicle crash on a steep roadway in a Los Angeles suburb.
The crash required Woods, 45, to be extricated from his heavily damaged vehicle, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Sources told ESPN that Woods has crush injuries of both lower legs, including a compound fracture of his right tibia and fibula and a shattered ankle. A crush injury occurs when a heavy object puts pressure onto a body part. He had surgery at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
In a news conference later Tuesday, Alex Villanueva of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Woods was conscious and able to communicate with officials who arrived on the scene at approximately 7:18 a.