Tiger Woods suffered multiple leg injuries and went into surgery after crashing his car in Los Angeles County on Tuesday morning, his agent and the authorities said.
Woods was talking and conscious when emergency workers arrived at the site of the crash just after 7 a.m., where Woods’s car had rolled off the road, Lt. Michael White of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told KCBS-TV, the local CBS affiliate. The police said they did not believe Woods’s injuries were life-threatening.
Mark Steinberg, Woods’s longtime agent, said in a statement around noon Pacific time that the golfer was “currently in surgery,” adding: “We thank you for your privacy and support.