Tiger Woods injured in rollover car crash, extracted with 'Jaws of Life'

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Buzz wrote:
That's just a few miles south of his old childhood stomping grounds. Hopefully no more bad news comes out of this.
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Which was where?

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DeusxMac wrote:
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I believe the accident occurred a litter further down the hill from the intersection of Hawthorne and Blackhorse -- the circled area in the photo below is where I think the accident most likely occurred.

What photo “below”? I’m seeing an aerial photo above your post, and there’s no “circled area” in it.
I posted a photo at the end of my previous post. It's visible on my PC and my iPad but not on my Mac using either Safari or Firefox. So... its failure to display may be a Mac issue.

DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=N-OS X-tasy!] Note that he was traveling south on Hawthorne (i.e., toward the top of the photo)

In that aerial photo south is down, so traveling south would be towards the bottom of the photo.
You are correct, sir - I meant to say he was traveling north on Hawthorne.

DeusxMac wrote: (Our daughter lives several blocks away to the west, and said there were helicopters overhead for hours.)

Nice neighborhood.

[Speedy]

Too bad he couldn’t afford to hire a driver.

[zachdog]

My dad lives less than a mile from there and traverses that stretch of road several times a week. Scary.

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I have heard a few things on media.

1. He was waiting for a result of an MRI, or something to see how his treatment was going, and whether it looked good for that big tournament coming up.

2. And that before he took out of that Hotel, or where ever he was leaving from that morning, he took a while in his vehicle, possibly to get information on his phone., and then he took off in a hurry., So maybe bad news.

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I hope he wasn't impaired, and that he survives ok.

At this point, if I were to speculate, I'd say much of his golf career is probably over, but he could surprise me.

Not that it's significant, but I haven't seen or heard any reports of unintended accelerations.

And the FI problem of stalling, and potentially dangerous at high speed doesn't seem applicable in this case.

No, not a great marketing opportunity for Hyundai, if Woods were found to be impaired, or the Genesis at fault somehow.

But if neither of the above, "the car that saved Tiger Woods" could be a selling point. if of questionable taste.

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Details of Woods’ injuries. (WaPo on Twitter. Viewing in the Twitter app bypasses the paywall for me.)

”Tiger Woods is recovering in a Los Angeles hospital after undergoing a lengthy surgery for severe leg and ankle injuries he suffered Tuesday morning in a single-car accident.

The chief medical officer and interim chief executive at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center detailed the extent of the injuries, saying that a rod, pins and screws were needed to stabilize Woods’s injuries.

“Comminuted open fractures [aka “compound fractures”] affecting both the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula bones were stabilized by inserting a rod into the tibia,” Anish Mahajan said in a statement released early Wednesday by Woods’s representatives. “Additional injuries to the bones of the foot and ankle were stabilized with a combination of screws and pins. Trauma to the muscle and soft-tissue of the leg required surgical release of the covering of the muscles to relieve pressure due to swelling.”

After another set back this big, I’ll be very surprised if Woods is able to return to playing the elite level of golf he’s been known for. But he possesses phenomenal determination and discipline, so I wouldn’t bet against him.

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After seeing what Alex Smith came back from, I don’t count anything out, but I suspect it will be a long road to recovery.
I wish the best for him.

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Multiple open leg fractures sounds horrific amd can leave a person unable to walk again, but if anyone can come back from that, it's Tiger.