Tiger Woods has been arrested and charged after being involved in a 'rollover' car crash in Florida that left both drivers uninjured, police have confirmed.
The crash involving the 50-year-old golf legend occurred at 2pm ET in Jupiter Island, according to the Milton County Sheriff's Office.
No further details were initially issued surrounding Woods' condition. Photographs of the crash emerged on social media and appeared to show a car on its side.
The county sheriff called a press conference for 5pm ET (around 9pm UK time) to provide an update on Woods.
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He has confirmed that Woods was arrested and charged with DUI, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.
Woods was able to crawl out of the driver's door after the accident, it has been stated, before roadside tests were conducted on him.
That included a breathlyser test, with on-scene experts believing that he was not impaired with alcohol.
"When it came time for us to ask for a urinanalysis test, he refused, and so he has been charged with DUI, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test," the sheriff stated.
"On-scene, we had DRE experts evaluating him, and they believe that he was not impaired with alcohol, it was some kind of medication or drug," he added.
"At the jail, he co-operated with the breathlyser, and the urine [test] he wanted no part of."
"He has a right to refuse that test. There is a statute, which he will be charged with, for refusing to take that test, but we will never get definitive results as to what he was impaired on at the time of the crash."
The charges are misdemeanour charges, the sheriff confirmed.
Surrounding the accident itself, the sheriff stated that a pressure truck and a Land Rover, which was rolled over on the driver's side, were involved in the incident. Woods and the other driver were uninjured.
They state that the pressure truck was slowing down to turn into a driveway, before spotting that the Land Rover was overtaking at 'high speed'.
"He saw it coming, he tried to edge off to the side of the road, but this is a small, two-lane road," the sheriff said. "And there was no shoulder for the pressure truck to get off the side of the road.
"As he was trying to move to the side of the road, the Land Rover overtook him at the last minute. It swerved to avoid a collision, but clipped the back end of the trailer of the pressure cleaner apparatus.
"It lifted to the side and rolled on the driver's door, north past the truck it had just avoided."
Topics: Tiger Woods, Golf
Ryan Smart