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Woods, wife still mum about wreck
State troopers asked to return today to discuss crashed car
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Published: November 29, 2009
WINDERMERE, Fla.
Tiger Woods and his wife weren't available to speak to state troopers for the second straight day, asking that the troopers return today to try to clear up questions about how Woods crashed his SUV into a neighbor's tree.
The Florida Highway Patrol said the announcement that Woods, the world's No. 1 golfer and his wife, Elin, couldn't speak yesterday to authorities came from his agent. Mark Steinberg of IMG didn't immediately respond to a text seeking comment.
Troopers previously tried to talk to Woods on Friday afternoon. The patrol said his wife told troopers that Woods was sleeping, and they agreed to return the next day.
Woods smashed his Cadillac near his $2.4 million mansion at 2:25 a.m. Friday and was briefly hospitalized, police said. His lips were cut, and Windermere police chief Daniel Saylor has said Woods' wife used a golf club to smash out a back window and help Woods from the car.
Sgt. Kim Montes, the patrol spokeswoman, said Woods' agent contacted dispatch and the call was put through to the troopers, who were on their way to Woods' house.
"I don't know what was said," Montes said.
Montes said it was "kind of normal" for Woods not to speak on Friday, the day he was treated and released from a hospital.
"It is unusual that we haven't gotten a statement," she said. "This just delays us to getting closer to the completion of the investigation."
Montes said Woods isn't required to talk to troopers in a traffic accident; they only need his driver's license, insurance and registration. She said troopers inside the gates at Isleworth are "looking at other things for their investigation."
She said Woods' Cadillac Escalade was taken to an undisclosed tow yard. She said the front and right of the SUV was damaged, and that both rear passenger windows were broken.
"We still are going to move forward with our crash investigation," Montes said.
The 911 tapes of the crash could be released as early as today. Still unanswered is where Woods was going in the early in the morning after Thanksgiving Day. The police report said alcohol was not a factor.
Woods and his family live in the exclusive, gated community of Isleworth, an exclusive subdivision near Orlando, set on an Arnold Palmer-designed golf course and a chain of small lakes.
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