NBC make major Tiger Woods car crash error during live broadcast
US news station NBC made a significant error during a live broadcast covering Tiger Woods' recent car crash.
Woods was arrested and charged with DUI, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test after he was involved in a 'rollover' two-vehicle crash in Jupiter Island, Florida on Friday afternoon.
The 50-year-old scored zero on a breathalyser test, but refused to take a urine analysis test once he arrived at the police station.
According to the Martin County Sheriff's Office, drug recognition experts (DRE) believed that Woods, who was driving a Land Rover, may have been impaired with 'some kind of medication or drug'.
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He spent eight hours in a prison cell before being released on bail at around 11pm ET on Friday. Both Woods and the driver of the other vehicle - revealed to be a pressure truck - were uninjured in the crash.
Several photographs of the scene emerged on social media, with one showing Woods standing close to the area where the accident took place.
During their coverage of the accident, however, NBC News accidentally included footage of Woods' February 2021 car crash.
That crash was much more significant, with Woods suffering serious leg injuries in what was a single-vehicle accident in Los Angeles.
His Genesis GV80 drove over the center median and left the road, striking a tree before rolling over several times.
Woods suffered serious leg injuries in the crash, with LA county deputy Carlos Gonzalez stating that he was 'fortunate to be alive'.
There was no evidence of impairment on that occasion, with officers describing Woods as 'calm and lucid' when they reached the scene of the accident.
After being transported to the hospital, the golf legend was diagnosed with 'comminuted open fractures' - a bone break in more than two places, and bone breaking the skin - to both the upper and lower portions of his tibia and fibula in his right leg, plus ankle damage and muscle and soft tissue trauma.
NBC issue apology over Woods error
During their coverage of the Texas Children's Houston Open tournament, NBC issued an apology for their error.
"Before we came on the air for today with our regular PGA Tour coverage of this Texas Children's Houston Open, our studio show inadvertently showed the incorrect picture of the car crash Tiger Woods was in," golf announcer Dan Hicks stated.
"It was another previous car crash, it was not the correct one, the latest one that was yesterday. So we apologise for that, and we just want to straighten that up before we go any further."
Topics: Golf, Tiger Woods
Ryan Smart