Investigators working to determine the cause of Tiger Woods’ fall have obtained data stored in the “black box” of the luxury SUV he drove, a report said.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant to gather the information, which could show the vehicle’s speed before the collision and whether the brakes were applied, officials told USA Today.
“We are trying to determine whether a crime has been committed,” sheriff’s assistant John Schloegl told the media.
“If someone is involved in a traffic collision, we have to reconstruct the traffic collision. If there was any reckless direction, if someone was on the cell phone or something. If there was no crime, we would close the case, and it was a normal traffic collision. “
Woods was driving a 2021 Genesis GV80 alone when he swerved from the center bed on Hawthorne Boulevard in Rancho Palos Verdes, got off the road and hit a tree.
The legendary golfer broke several bones in his right leg and is still recovering in the hospital.
A car forensic expert told USA Today that it seemed that Woods was not paying attention just before the devastating accident.
“For me, this is like a classic case of falling asleep at the wheel, because the road curves and your vehicle goes in a straight line,” Jonathan Cherney, a consultant who acts as an expert witness in legal proceedings, told the media.
Felix Lee, an accident reconstruction expert, told the channel: “My feeling is that speed was not an issue. It was just some kind of inattention that caused the curb strike. “