Woods arrested after car crash

Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods was arrested on suspicion of DUI on Friday, after he was involved in a traffic wreck not far from his home on Jupiter Island, Florida, according to Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek.

The sheriff said Woods was driving a Land Rover northbound on South Beach Road at a high speed, when he attempted to pass a truck hauling a pressure cleaner, which had slowed down to turn into a driveway.

Woods’ SUV swerved to avoid the truck but clipped the back of the trailer. The Land Rover flipped on its side and slid down the road. Woods climbed out of the passenger’s window to get out, Budensiek said.

Budensiek said Woods and the other driver weren’t injured. 

Woods, 50, was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.

The sheriff said Woods would remain in custody for eight hours under Florida law.

Martin County Sheriff’s Department DUI investigators on the scene determined Woods showed signs of impairment.

“They did several tests on him,” Budensiek said. “Of course, he did explain the injuries and the surgeries that he had. We did take that into account, but they did do some in-depth roadside tests.”

The investigators arrested Woods and transported him to the Martin County Jail. The sheriff said Woods’ breathalyzer test didn’t show any signs of alcohol. Woods refused to submit to a urinalysis test for other drugs, according to the sheriff.

“He is cooperative, but he was not trying to incriminate himself,” Budensiek said. “So, he was careful in what he said and didn’t say.”

DUI investigators believed at the scene that Woods wasn’t impaired by alcohol.

It’s not the first time Woods has been suspected of DUI.

In May 2017, he was arrested in Jupiter after police found him asleep at the wheel in his running car, which had two flat tires and damage on the front and rear bumpers.

Woods said he had taken a bad mix of painkillers. He later pleaded guilty to reckless driving.

In February 2021, Woods suffered significant leg injuries in a one-car crash outside of Los Angeles, in which his SUV rolled several times and left him trapped in the car. He later had surgery to deal with “open fractures” to his lower right leg, had a rod placed in a tibia and had screws and pins inserted in his foot and ankle during emergency surgery. Woods was hospitalized for three weeks following the surgery. 

(ESPN)