Golf icon Tiger Woods crashed his SUV in Los Angels on Tuesday morning, sustaining "significant" injuries to his right leg. Woods was reportedly driving to a television shoot when his SUV crashed into a median, rolled over, and ended up on its side near a steep road known for wrecks, authorities said.
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The Woods' foundation said in a statement he was awake, responsive, and recovering in the hospital.
Dr. Anish Mahajan, the chief medical officer at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, said Woods shattered the tibia and fibula bones of his lower right leg in multiple locations. Those injuries were stabilized with a rod in the tibia. Additional injuries to the bones in the foot and ankle required screws and pins, Mahajan said in a statement released on Woods' Twitter account late Tuesday night.
The lengthy surgery also reduced swelling. Woods was awake and recovering in his hospital room, the statement said.
