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Posted: 3:50 PM Nov 27, 2009
Tiger Woods Accident
Golfer Tiger Woods was taken to a hospital early Friday after being suffering "serious" injuries in a car wreck in central Florida, police said.
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(CNN) -- Golfer Tiger Woods was taken to a hospital early Friday after being suffering "serious" injuries in a car wreck in central Florida, police said.
The single-vehicle accident occurred about 2:25 a.m. in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, according to police. He pulled out of his driveway in a 2009 Cadillac SUV and struck a fire hydrant, then a tree, according to an incident report from the Florida Highway Patrol in Orange County.
Windermere Mayor Gary Bruhn told CNN that local police arrived within two minutes of being notified. The golfer was taken to Health Central Hospital, where he was treated for facial lacerations and released, Bruhn said.
"I think it's nothing more than an accident," he said.
A woman who answered the phone Friday afternoon at the hospital said Woods was not there.
The crash remains under investigation and charges are pending, the report said.
It said the accident was not alcohol-related.
The 33-year-old golf phenomenon has won the Masters Tournament and the PGA Tournament each four times, and three U.S. Open Championships.
Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren have two children, ages 2 and a baby born in February.
