Paramedics barred Tiger Woods’ wife from riding in the ambulance with him on the night of his car crash because they suspected she had beaten him up, it emerged last night.
Newly released records from the Florida Highway Patrol show that when paramedics collected Woods “one of the crew stated that (his) wife could not go in the ambulance because this was a domestic”.
The early morning incident in November in which Woods hit a hedge, fire hydrant and tree while leaving his mansion triggered a series of revelations of affairs by the world’s No 1 golfer.
Last month, in his first public appearance since his fall from grace, Woods apologised to family and fans for cheating on his wife, Elin Nordegren, and said that he was undergoing therapy. But he denied there had been any physical violence between him and his wife“It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that. She never hit me that night or any other night. There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage. Ever.”
The police records also confirmed previous media reports that Woods had been on prescription drugs at the time of the incident. They record that his wife handed paramedics two pill bottles before they drove her husband away, telling them that he had taken some of them. One of the bottles contained the painkiller Vicodin.
They also show that state troopers immediately set about looking for evidence that Woods was drunk at the time of the accident.
The golfer was later charged with careless driving and fined $164.
The police records show that they found no evidence of domestic violence but reveal that their inquiries into whether Woods was sober were thwarted by workers at Health Central Hospital in nearby Ocoee, who found excuses not to provide them with medical paperwork.
Source:The Times
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