Sports legend suffers possible career ending leg injuries after ghastly car crash
- Tiger Woods was cut out of the wreckage after his car rolled over a traffic collision in Los Angeles
- The 45-year-old reportedly suffered severe leg injuries that could possibly end his career
- He was immediately rushed to the hospital to undergo surgery, according to officials
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Golf icon Tiger Woods was involved in a ghastly car accident and had to be cut from his vehicle according to reports from California.
It was gathered that the 45-year-old PGA Tour king sustained possible career-ending leg injuries and was immediately rushed to the hospital.
Further claims have it that he would immediately undergo a surgery as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department described the accident as a "single vehicle roll-over traffic collision” in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California.
A Sheriff's spokesperson said via Mirror:
"On February 23, 2021, at approximately 7.12 AM, LASD responded to a single vehicle roll-over traffic collision on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes.
"The vehicle was travelling northbound on Hawthorne Boulevard, at Blackhorse Road, when it crashed. The vehicle sustained major damage."
"The driver and sole occupant was identified as PGA golfer, Eldrick 'Tiger' Woods.
"Mr Woods was extricated from the wreck by Los Angeles County firefighters and paramedics, then transported to a local hospital by ambulance for his injuries.”
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It was gathered that he was helped out of the vehicle through his car’s windshield after all the airbags had deployed.
Woods has won about 15 major titles is worth around £600 million and this means that he can practically afford anything he wants.
The legend who is currently the world number 20 surprised the world after winning the Masters' tournament in 2019 - over a decade after winning his last majors in the game.
With so much affluence in his reach, the golfer resides in a £41m mansion in Florida.
The publication further revealed that Woods trains in the Medalist Village - an 18-hole course designed that costs £100,000-per-year to join.
Earlier, Legit.ng earlier reported that Cristiano Ronaldo’s cat valued at around N1,396,433 (£2,600) narrowly escaped death after being hit by a car.
The bald-looking Sphynx pet was said to have sneaked out of the Juventus' forward home in Turin but after the incident, they have sent it to Spain to recover with Georgina's sister, Ivana, after time in intensive care.
Ronaldo's partner Georgina Rodriguez narrated the ordeal they went through in the process, however, they are calmer now.
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