Cause of Tiger Woods Crash Revealed: 140 km/h in a 72 km/h Zone
Tiger Woods certainly doesn't need golf lessons, but driving lessons might be in order. It has now been revealed that a primary cause of the accident that left Woods severely injured and in hospital was… speed.
And quite a bit of speed. The five-time winner of The Masters tournament, which began today by the way, was driving nearly twice the speed limit allowed on the stretch of road he was on: his Genesis GV80 was clocked traveling close to 90 mph (between 135 and 140 km/h), well above the allowed limit 450 mph (72 km/h).
Careless or reckless, call it what you will, the result was catastrophic: a spectacular trip into the ditch that fortunately did not involve other people or other vehicles. Woods suffered serious injuries that will require a long recovery period.
For now, of course, the athlete gets the benefit of the doubt since he could not give his version of the events, but the data collected on the black box of the GV80 SUV speaks for itself.
Local sheriff Alex Villanueva blamed the accident squarely on excessive speed and Tiger Woods losing control of the vehicle.
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