Tiger Woods' crash victim played significant role in getting golf star out of overturned car: affidavit

The car clang Tiger Woods got successful connected Friday resulted successful his conveyance being turned connected its driver's side.

Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek confirmed successful a quality league that Woods was traveling astatine "a precocious complaint of speed" erstwhile his conveyance collided with different car.

With his car connected the driver's side, Woods was incapable to get retired of his doorway — truthful helium needed to ascent retired done the passenger's door.

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Golfer Tiger Woods stands by his overturned conveyance successful Jupiter Island, Fla., connected Friday, March 27, 2026.  (AP Photo/Jason Oteri)

However, authorities said helium was really assisted by the different operator successful the clang and different bystander.

"After the collision, [the different driver] stated helium and an chartless taxable assisted the operator retired of the vehicle. [He] advised that owed to the conveyance flipping connected the driver's side, the operator was incapable to exit decently and had to ascent retired from the beforehand rider side. [He] advised helium was the sole occupant successful his conveyance and confirmed that the operator of the achromatic SUV was the sole occupant," an apprehension affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital read.

The five-time Masters victor was arrested connected charges of driving nether the power with spot harm and refusal to taxable to a humor intoxicant level (BAL) trial aft instrumentality enforcement said his conveyance collided with different conveyance Friday day portion helium was driving impaired. Prescription opioids were recovered successful his pocket.

Tiger Woods was driven from the Martin County Jail aft being arrested for driving nether the power pursuing a car clang connected March 27, 2026, successful Stuart, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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According to the apprehension affidavit, the pills were aboriginal identified arsenic hydrocodone, a medicine opioid for symptom relief. 

Woods antecedently told instrumentality enforcement anterior to the tract sobriety tests that helium underwent 7 backmost surgeries and "over 20 operations connected his leg." He told instrumentality enforcement that "I instrumentality a few" medicine medications.

Friday’s apprehension marked Woods' 2nd DUI apprehension wrong the past decade. In 2017, helium was taken into custody, besides successful Jupiter Island, aft taking medicine drugs and being dormant down the instrumentality of a moving car astatine astir 3 a.m.

Tiger Woods of the United States plays his changeable from the 13th tee during the 2nd circular of THE PLAYERS Championship connected the Stadium Course astatine TPC Sawgrass connected May 11, 2018, successful Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. (Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)

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In 2021, helium got into a wreck that resulted successful superior limb injuries that kept him disconnected the play people for the full year.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.

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