Tiger Woods in Car Accident

Professional golfer Tiger Woods was seriously injured in a car accident early this morning, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) just reported. The Orlando Sentinel broke the story at 3pm today.

Woods pulled out of his driveway in the Isleworth community about 2:25 a.m. when he struck a fire hydrant, and then drove into a tree at his neighbor’s property, FHP reported. Woods was driving his 2009 Cadillac Escalade sport utility vehicle. Alcohol was not involved.

Woods was transported to Health Central Hospital in Ocoee in serious condition, FHP said. No other information about his condition has been released.

FHP said the airbags in Woods’ Cadillac Escalade did not deploy, which means the vehicle was traveling under 33 mph.

Orange County Fire Rescue received the call for aid at 2:28 a.m. Woods was transported from his Windermere-area neighborhood by the hospital’s own ambulance.

An Orange County Sheriff’s Office official said his agency received it’s call for assistance at 2:27 a.m. An operator was told the driver was injured and still inside the vehicle.

A Health Central hospital employee said at 2:30 p.m. that Woods was not a patient. A hospital operator would not say if Woods had been treated and released.

Reports indicate that Woods was treated for facial lacerations.

According to his official website, TigerWoods.com, he is in the middle of a two-week break in tournament play. Woods next tournament is Dec. 3-6 at the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif.