JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. — Golfer Tiger Woods was arrested for DUI after being in a rollover car crash on Friday afternoon in South Florida.
The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. in Jupiter Island on South Beach Road, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said.
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A pickup truck pulling a pressure cleaner was driving northbound and starting to pull into a driveway when the driver noticed a dark Land Rover overtaking him at high speeds, MCSO said.
The truck driver tried to edge over on the side of the road, but there was no shoulder to move to. As the driver was trying to move to the side of the road, the Land Rover swerved to try to avoid the truck, but hit the back of the trailer and rolled onto its driver’s side.
The driver of the Land Rover, later identified as Woods, crawled out of the passenger’s side door, MCSO said.
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No one was injured in the crash.
Woods exemplified signs of impairment from tests by the DUI unit, MCSO said. Investigators did not assume the impairment was from alcohol and that was correct, as Woods blew a 0.00 on the Breathalyzer test.
Investigators believed his impairment was due to drugs or medication, MCSO said.
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Woods refused to take a urine test and MCSO said he was cooperative during the investigation, but did not want to incriminate himself.
The charges Woods faces are DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test, both misdemeanors.
Woods is expected to be released from jail on bond on Friday night.
It is the third time Woods has been involved in a car crash, most recently in February 2021 when his SUV ran off a coastal road in Los Angeles at a high rate of speed that led to multiple leg and ankle injuries. Woods said later doctors considered amputation.
He also was arrested on a DUI charge in 2017 when South Florida police found him asleep behind the wheel of his car that was parked awkwardly with damage to the driver’s side. Woods said later he had taken a bad mix of painkillers.
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