Tiger Woods accepts full blame for car crash (Reuters)
November 29, 2009
(refiles to fix typo in headline)
By Barbara Liston
WINDERMERE, Fla., Nov 29 (Reuters) – Golf star Tiger Woodson Sunday accepted full responsibility for the car accidentthat took place outside his Florida home but said he wanted tokeep the details surrounding the incident private.
The world’s top golfer hit a fire hydrant and tree as hepulled his Cadillac Escalade out of the driveway of his houseat around 2:25 a.m. EST (0725 GMT) on Friday, the FloridaHighway Patrol said.
Woods was taken to the hospital with injuries andreleased.
“This situation is my fault and it’s obviously embarrassingto my family and me,” Woods, 33, said on his official website(http://web.tigerwoods.com).
“I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make surethis doesn’t happen again.
“This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way.Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false,unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulatingabout my family and me are irresponsible.”
(Writing by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Bill Trott) ((mark.stokes@thomsonreuters.com; +1 202 898 8457; ReutersMessaging: mark.stokes.reuters.com@reuters.net. For the Reuterssports blog Left Field go to: http://blogs.reuters.com/sport))
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