Tiger Woods’ SUV Crash Caused By Speed and Inability To Make Curve

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The SUV Tiger Woods was driving rolled over multiple times. The crash led to serious leg injuries and a flurry of medical terms most people aren't familiar with. Credit: Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP

By Stella Chan and Holly Yan

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on the gas – causing a high-speed roll- over crash, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday.

Six weeks after the golf leg- end suffered serious leg injuries, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said the main causes

SUV around 7 a.m. February 23 when the vehicle veered off the road about 26 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles.

The SUV reached a speed of up to 87 mph, Villanueva said -- far greater than the 45 mph speed limit. Woods was driving in Rancho

Palos Verdes when he hit a “Welcome to Rolling Hills Estates” sign, crossed a center divider, and traveled more than 150 feet across the shoulder through shrubbery and an uprooted tree before coming to a stop, according to a search warrant affidavit of the vehicle’s data recorder.

He likely mistook the gas pedal for the brakes, as no braking was detect- ed, Capt. James Powers said.

“There is zero braking on that data recorder,” but “there is 99% acceleration on the pedal,” Powers said.

He said the car hit a tree, went airborne did a “pirouette” before It

landed.

The SUV was traveling about 75 mph when it struck the tree, Villanueva said.

Investigators did not seek a warrant for blood tests because there was no evidence of impairment or intoxication, Powers said.