Tiger Woods' wife rescued him from car crash

by smashing window with golf club

By NICK ALLEN
Tiger Woods’ wife rescued him from the wreckage of a late night car crash by smashing a golf club through the window, police said.
Elin Nordegren, 29, dragged her husband to safety after he hit a fire hydrant outside their £1.5 million Florida mansion and then veered into a tree on a neighbour’s property at 2.25am local time on Friday.
Police arrived minutes later and found Woods, 33, lying in the street drifting in an out of consciousness as his wife hovered over him.
He had cuts on his lips and blood in his mouth and officers carried out first aid, said local police chief Daniel Saylor.
Woods was then taken to hospital in an ambulance but was later released.
Mrs Nordegren told police she was inside the couple’s house in a gated community in Orlando, Florida when she heard the accident and ran outside.
She grabbed a golf club and smashed the rear window of the black Cadillac Escalade to get to her husband.
Woods was on his own in the car and no other vehicles were involved. It was unclear where he had been intending to go at that early hour.
The Florida Highway Patrol said alcohol did not play a part in the crash but it was still under investigation and charges could be pending. They were trying to piece together how Woods, the world’s number one golfer, had managed to hit the fire hydrant and tree, which were on either sides of the road.
Airbags in the car did not deploy which suggests that it was travelling at less than 33mph.
The golfer’s agent, Mark Steinberg, said last night that Woods was “fine”.
A joint statement issued by Woods’ office and the hospital said: “Tiger Woods was in a minor car accident outside his home last night. He was admitted, treated and released today in good condition.”
The accident happened on a day when unsubstantiated rumours about the golfer’s private life were circulating on the internet.
Woods lives in a suburb of Orlando with his wife and their daughter, Sam Alexis, two, and son Charlie Axel, nine months.
His wife is a Swedish former model who was working as an au pair when the couple met at the 2001 Open.
They married in October 2004 at the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados in a ceremony that reportedly cost more than £1 million.
Their home is set on an Arnold Palmer-designed golf course and a chain of small lakes. The neighbourhood, which is fortified with high brick walls and has its own security force, is home to CEOs and other sports stars.