Los Angeles (AFP)
Tiger Woods was driving at a "dangerous" speed of 140 km / h, nearly double the limit, in his car crash in California in February, the Los Angeles County Sheriff said on Wednesday.
The golf star's vehicle had rolled off the road before rolling several times in Ranchos Palos Verdes, near Los Angeles, and Tiger Woods, 45, had his right leg broken.
"The main cause for this accident was driving at an unsafe speed in view of the road conditions and the inability to negotiate the bend in the road," Sheriff Alex Villanueva told a press conference.
"The estimated speeds at the first impact zone ranged from 84 to 87 miles per hour," or 135 to 140 km / h, he said.
There is "no sign of impairment" of his abilities at the time of the accident, or evidence of "inattentive driving", and Tiger Woods has voluntarily allowed the results of the investigation to be made public. stressed police officials.
The golfer would have potentially depressed the accelerator while trying to activate the brakes instead, upon losing control of the vehicle, suggested Police Captain James Powers, although Tiger Woods himself did not. no memory of the accident.
Investigators did not check Tiger Woods' phone or analyze his blood samples, due to "the lack of evidence of any impairment (of abilities) or intoxication," he added.
Evacuated to the Harbor-UCLA trauma center, Woods had been operated on for a long time, in particular for multiple open fractures in the right leg which required to insert a metal rod in the tibia and screws to consolidate the bones of the foot and the leg. ankle.
Three days later, he was transferred to Cedars-Sinai for orthopedic treatment.
After three weeks of hospitalization, he returned home to Florida where he is now continuing his recovery, without anyone knowing what his future might be in golf.
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