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Tiger Woods was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles
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Golf star Tiger Woods has been hospitalized after a serious car accident.
According to the authorities, Woods overturned his vehicle in Los Angeles County on Tuesday.
Woods was therefore the only occupant of the car.
He had to be freed from the vehicle with a hydraulic spreader, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.
According to the police, the vehicle was badly damaged.
A KABC-TV helicopter over the Woods accident site showed a car on the side with the front end badly damaged.
The airbags appeared to have been deployed and the wreck appeared to be on the side of the road on a hill.
“Tiger Woods was in a car accident in California this morning that left him with multiple leg injuries.
He's currently undergoing surgery, ”confirmed Mark Steinberg, Woods' agent.
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