Woods, his wife, that odd little car accident -- and Rachel Uchitel
Golf superhero in early-morning car wreck! Former Swedish model to the rescue!
Or, wait -- maybe not so fast?
Here's our best-effort roundup of the story thus far.
Elin Nordegren told police that she had been inside their Florida home when she heard husband Tiger Woods' car crash. She then raced to the scene, toting along a golf club that she used to break out the rear window of the Cadillac Escalade that Tiger had slammed into a fire hydrant. And then a tree. For no apparent reason. At 2:25 in the morning Friday.
Windermere, Fla., Police Chief Daniel Saylor said his responding officers, who arrived at the scene to find Tiger on the ground with Elin at his side, had not heard anything about an alleged argument earlier between the two, the Associated Press reported. The Orlando Sentinel has posted a short news release from the police. "The crash remains under investigation and charges are pending."
Charges against whom? For what?
Authorities are scheduled to interview Woods today, NPR reports.
TMZ.com, however, is saying via an unnamed source that the injuries weren't entirely a result of the accident. And Deadspin and the First Church of Tiger Woods were among many online venues pointing out various flaws in the "Elin saves the day with a golf club" scenario. And a PGA tour golfer, Lee Janzen, a neighbor, speculated he might be --
Source: Los Angeles Times
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