Tiger Woods was traveling about 40 miles per hour (72 km / h) above the allowed speed when he suffered the accident in February when his vehicle went off the road and made several turns of the bell. The data was revealed by Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. The speed of the vehicle is estimated to have been close to 120 km / h when it hit the tree and 135 when it entered the curve.
“The main cause of the collision was that he was driving at an inappropriate speed for the road conditions and he was unable to negotiate the curve,” Villanueva said. The place where the accident occurred is known to be one of the blackest spots in the area. Moments before the accident, the vehicle had oscillated between 135 and 140 km / h. From different testimonies collected at the hotel where he was staying, it was known that, due to the delay caused by another client, Tiger was late to the club where he had the recording with Golf Digest.
The investigators also pointed out that once he lost control, in a panic, the golfer stepped on the accelerator of the courtesy car Genesis GV80 SUV instead of the brake. They also pointed out that no drug or alcohol remains were found in Tiger’s body and that there is no evidence to say that he was distracted while driving. There are no charges against the megastar.