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Woods crash investigation complete

(FILES) In this file photo Tiger Woods of the United States reaches for a golf ball on the practice ground during the third round of the 112th US Open at The Olympic Club on June 16, 2012 in San Francisco, California. – No spectators will be allowed at next month’s PGA Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, tournament officials announced on January 12, 2021. The Los Angeles event, operated by the charity foundation of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods, will be played February 18-21. (Photo by JEFF GROSS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)


An investigation into Tiger Woods’ car crash in February has been concluded by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD).  
The golf superstar required surgery on serious leg injuries following a single-vehicle incident that saw his car roll “several hundred feet”.  
An officer from the LASD said in the aftermath that Woods was “very fortunate” to survive, although the 15-time major champion has since returned home.  
Sheriff Alex Villanueva offered an update on Wednesday as he revealed the LASD had finished its investigation.  
However, the department cannot yet release details of the incident.  “A cause has been determined,” Villanueva said in a live Instagram video. “Our investigation has concluded.  “However, we have reached out to Tiger Woods and his personnel. 
There are some privacy issues on releasing information on the investigation, so we’re going to ask them if they’ll waive the privacy.  
“Then we’ll be able to do a full release on all the information on the accident.  “We have all the contents of the black box, we’ve got everything. It’s signed, sealed and delivered. However, we can’t release it without the permission of the people involved in the collision.”  
A short statement on the LASD’s Twitter page followed to clarify why a report had not yet been released.  “The release of accident reports is governed under California Vehicle Code Section 20012,” it said.  “When we are able, we intend to release the information learned during the traffic collision investigation involving @TigerWoods.”

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