Tiger Woods’ DUI arrest details: Says phone distraction led to crash, found with hydrocodone
The New York Times • • sports
Key Points:
- Tiger Woods told police he was looking down at his cellphone and changing the radio station when he clipped a pickup truck, causing his car to roll over in a crash on Friday.
- Officers noted Woods appeared lethargic, was sweating profusely, had bloodshot eyes, and found two hydrocodone pills in his pocket; he was charged with DUI, property damage, and refusal to submit to a urinalysis test.
- Woods underwent field sobriety tests, showing signs of impairment such as limping and stumbling, though he denied alcohol use and claimed to have taken prescription medication earlier that morning.
- The crash occurred when Woods’ Range Rover collided with a Ford F-150 towing a trailer that was turning right; Woods’ vehicle lost control and flipped onto its driver’s side, but neither driver was injured.
- Woods’ refusal of a urinalysis means toxicology results are unavailable, and his first court date is scheduled for April 23.
