BREAKING: Tiger Woods in hospital after car crash

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Tiger Woods is in surgery after suffering “multiple leg injuries” in a car crash in Los Angeles, California.

The LA County Sheriff’s Department said that it “responded to a single-vehicle rollover” accident in which the “vehicle sustained major damage”.

American Woods, 45, had to be “extricated from the wreck” by firefighters and paramedics before being taken to hospital.

In a statement to Golf Digest, Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg said: “He is currently in surgery and we thank you for your privacy and support.”