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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is set to examine data from the black box inside the vehicleTiger Woodswas driving beforehis accident last week.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said ina Facebook Live sessionon Wednesday that investigators “did a search warrant to seize, in essence, the black box of” the golfer’s Genesis SUV.
“They’re gonna go through it and see if they can find out what was happening at the time of impact, and with that, they’ll have more information they canattribute [to] the cause of the accident,” he added.
Villanueva also said later in the video that blood samples was not sought from Woods, 45, because of “absence of evidence of impairment.”
Sheriff’s Deputy John Schloegl toldUSA TodaySports on Tuesday that the investigation was part of their regular protocol, saying, “We’re trying to determine if a crime was committed.”
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“Ifsomebody is involved in a traffic collision, we’ve got to reconstruct the traffic collision, if there was any reckless driving, if somebody was on their cell phone or something like that,” he added. “We determine if there was a crime. If there was no crime, we close out the case, and it was a regular traffic collision.”
Woods was involved in a single-vehicle accident in the suburb of Rancho Palos Verdes, California. His car was traveling downhill when it struck a sign in the center divider, sheared through a tree and landed in the brush alongside the road with “major damage,“according to law enforcement officials.
The 11-time PGA Player of the Year was transported to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where he underwent emergency surgery for"significant orthopedic injuries to his right lower extremity,“Dr. Anish Mahajan, the Chief Medical Officer at the hospital, said in a statement. Woodswas then transferred to Cedars-Sinaiwhere he underwent “follow-up procedures,” according to a statementshared on Woods' Twitter pageon Friday.
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During avirtual press briefingon Feb. 24, Villanueva said the professional golferwill not face any criminal chargesas the incident was “purely an accident.”
“We don’t contemplate any charges whatsoever,” he explained. “This remains an accident. An accident is not a crime. They do happen, unfortunately.”
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Villanueva noted during the news conference that Woodsdid not show evidence of impairmentwhen a deputy first arrived on the scene, so calling in a drug recognition expert was “not a concern at the time.”
The sheriff also said that investigators will not pursue a misdemeanor charge against Woods, such as reckless driving. He noted an infraction could be possible if evidence arises to support that.
source: people.com
