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Tiger Woods had a rod inserted in his leg during an emergency surgery after a high-speed crash - CNN
Feb 24, 2021 1 min, 20 secs
Anish Mahajan said in the statement.

Having seen the damage at the crash site, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said it was "nothing short of a miracle" that Woods was alive.

"We have seen accidents with far less obvious [damage] that are fatalities," Villanueava told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Tuesday.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Carlos Gonzalez responded to the crash, where he found a lucid Woods, still strapped into his seat belt but trapped as the vehicle had rolled over onto the driver's side door.

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The rescue

When he arrived at the scene, Woods seemed not only lucid, but calm and not concerned about his injuries -- potentially pointing to shock, Gonzalez said.

Los Angeles County Fire officials arrived to break him free, but the golfer tried to remove himself from the SUV but was unable to, Chief Daryl Osby told CNN's John Berman.

A Los Angeles law enforcement source told CNN that no field sobriety test was administered because of the seriousness of Woods' injuries.

The sheriff's department said Woods was the only occupant of the car.

Another car, not involved in the initial rollover incident, stopped after the crash and was rear-ended, according to Los Angeles County PIO Henry Narvaez.

Woods hosted Genesis international and was on the course the day before

Woods likely was headed for the Rolling Hills Country Club in nearby Rolling HIlls Estates for a shoot with Golf Digest and Golf TV, according to Daniel Rapaport, the Tiger Woods correspondent for Golf Digest.

"Tiger has a long-term partnership with Discovery developing exclusive content for GOLFTV and Golf Digest," Golf Digest's statement said.

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