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The car clang Tiger Woods sewage successful connected Friday resulted successful his conveyance being turned connected its driver's side.
Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek confirmed successful a news convention that Woods was walking astatine "a precocious complaint of speed" erstwhile his conveyance collided pinch different car.
With his car connected nan driver's side, Woods was incapable to get retired of his doorway — truthful he needed to climb retired done nan passenger's door.
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Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned conveyance successful Jupiter Island, Fla., connected Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jason Oteri)
However, authorities said he was really assisted by nan different driver successful nan clang and different bystander.
"After nan collision, [the different driver] stated he and an chartless taxable assisted nan driver retired of nan vehicle. [He] advised that owed to nan conveyance flipping connected nan driver's side, nan driver was incapable to exit decently and had to climb retired from nan beforehand rider side. [He] advised he was nan sole caretaker successful his conveyance and confirmed that nan driver of nan achromatic SUV was nan sole occupant," an apprehension affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital read.
The five-time Masters victor was arrested connected charges of driving nether nan influence pinch spot harm and refusal to taxable to a humor intoxicant level (BAL) trial aft rule enforcement said his conveyance collided pinch different conveyance Friday day while he was driving impaired. Prescription opioids were recovered successful his pocket.
Tiger Woods was driven from nan Martin County Jail aft being arrested for driving nether nan power pursuing a car clang connected March 27, 2026, successful Stuart, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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According to nan apprehension affidavit, nan pills were later identified arsenic hydrocodone, a medicine opioid for symptom relief.
Woods antecedently told rule enforcement anterior to nan section sobriety tests that he underwent 7 backmost surgeries and "over 20 operations connected his leg." He told rule enforcement that "I return a few" medicine medications.
Friday’s apprehension marked Woods' 2nd DUI apprehension wrong nan past decade. In 2017, he was taken into custody, besides successful Jupiter Island, aft taking medicine narcotics and being dormant down nan instrumentality of a moving car astatine astir 3 a.m.
Tiger Woods of nan United States plays his changeable from nan 13th tee during nan 2nd information of THE PLAYERS Championship connected nan Stadium Course astatine TPC Sawgrass connected May 11, 2018, successful Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
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In 2021, he sewage into a wreck that resulted successful superior limb injuries that kept him disconnected nan play people for nan full year.
Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.
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