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Tiger Woods involved in rollover car crash in Florida

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Updates on any injuries are expected to be issued by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office in due course

Tiger Woods was involved in a rollover car crash in Florida on Friday afternoon, police have confirmed. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said the incident took place on Jupiter Island, in the same town where Woods lives, just after 2pm local time. Tiger Woods car crash latest: Officials to provide update on injuries following rollover accident in Florida A photograph has been shared of the scene which shows a vehicle laying on its driver’s side.

Authorities say it was a two-car collision. Further details on the crash or the golfer’s condition have yet to be disclosed, with it reported that sheriff John Budensiek will share more information at 5pm local time (10pm GMT). Tiger Woods has been involved in a car crash in Florida (Zac Goodwin/PA).

(PA Archive) There have been claims from WPEC, the local CBS affiliate, citing a source at Martin County Fire Rescue that there were no injuries to anyone involved in the crash, with one person reported in stable condition, while another declined to be taken to the hospital. This has not yet been verified. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office was not immediately available for comment when contacted by The Independent.

Woods was previously involved in a high-profile rollover crash in California in 2021, which left him with serious injuries. Authorities said he was driving at least twice the 45mph speed limit when he SUV struck a tree, causing the vehicle to fly through the air and land on its side. At the 2021 Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas, Woods said: "I'm lucky to be alive and also have a limb,” revealing it was 50-50 as to whether part of his right leg would require amputation.