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Posted Dec 4th 2009 5:49PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw was involved in a 3-car accident in New York today around 1:00 PM Eastern Time.
Brokaw was in his car with his wife. A woman in one of the other cars died when she was thrown from her SUV.
Brokaw and his wife, Meredith, are OK.
The Brokaws just released the following statement:
"Tom and Meredith Brokaw, at around 1 p.m. today, were in a three vehicle accident on the Bruckner Expressway. The Brokaws were in the far left lane when they noticed a spool of cable bouncing along the far right lane.
Just then, a green SUV in the right lane came up fast and tried to avoid the cable. The driver lost control of her vehicle and slid into the middle lane, forcing a mail truck into the Brokaw lane of traffic. As the mail truck careened into the Brokaw lane, Tom hit the brakes hard and skidded along the median. When the mail truck catapulted the median the Brokaw vehicle slid into it.
Neither Tom nor Meredith were injured but tragically the driver of the SUV was thrown from her vehicle and killed. Tom and Meredith are greatly saddened by this loss of life."
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as a 28-year-old woman, who worked near the scene of the accident. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow.
UPDATE 6:05 PM EST: The FDNY just released more information about the accident, explaining, "the vehicles collided & [the SUV driver] went off the highway & to the ground below ... Another male went to a local hospital in serious condition- private ambulance transported him."
Filed under: Tom Brokaw
Tags: accident, car crash, CarCrash, fatality, Meredith brokaw, MeredithBrokaw, NBC news, nbc nightly news, NbcNews, NbcNightlyNews, tom brokaw, TomBrokaw
Posted Dec 2nd 2009 3:02PM by TMZ Staff
It's what we've been wondering for days -- and now, we finally have an answer to the golf club mystery.
A law enforcement official tells TMZ Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, used a wedge to blast out the two windows on his SUV.
There are several types of wedges. We don't know which one Elin chose ... but Tiger typically only carries a lob wedge and a sand wedge.
For all you non-golfers, a wedge is used for short shots -- usually around the green. It's angled with a high loft.
Golfers use wedges to get out of tight spots and unplayable lies. Oh the iron-y.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, crash, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, florida, golf, golf club, GolfClub, golfer, hydrant, iron, tiger woods, TigerWoods, wedge, windemere
Posted Nov 30th 2009 5:19PM by TMZ Staff
Security in Tiger Woods' private community has ramped up to the point where even the people who live there are being told where they can and cannot go.
Sources tell TMZ residents are being kept away from Tiger's infamous crash site and one resident even had his camera's memory card confiscated by Isleworth security.
Tiger announced earlier today that his injuries from Friday's accident would force him to pull out of his upcoming golf tournament.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, community, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, isleworth, security, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods, tree
Posted Nov 30th 2009 1:19PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ now has an eyewitness account of what happened immediately following Tiger Woods' car accident.
According to a witness, Tiger had a cut on his lower lip when emergency responders and witnesses arrived. The wound was bloody.
Tiger was wearing shorts, a t-shirt and no shoes. It's illegal in Florida to drive without shoes.
Tiger was lying on the ground unconscious when EMT workers arrived. They used "pain stimulus" -- a method where pressure is applied on an unconscious person to make them alert -- but Tiger only briefly opened his eyes and then lost consciousness.
We're told EMTs asked Tiger's wife, Elin Nordegren, if Tiger was taking any medications. She went in the house and brought out two pill bottles. She said she did not know when he had last taken the meds.
Elin was extremely upset and was told twice by paramedics to stand back while they tended to her husband.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Photo Galleries, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, emt, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, floriday highway patrol, FloridayHighwayPatrol, pain medication, PainMedication, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Nov 30th 2009 12:28PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned two Florida Highway Patrol troopers paid a visit today to the hospital where Tiger Woods was transported early Friday morning.
Witnesses at the hospital say the troopers were looking for information related to Woods' visit.
An FHP spokesperson has just said the department has not sought a search warrant for Tiger's medical records associated with his treatment. However, as TMZ first reported, the department is pursuing a warrant -- though it has not formally sought one out -- after being shut down by Tiger's lawyer.
The FHP wants to know if Tiger's wounds were the result of the SUV accident or a domestic dispute with his wife, Elin Nordegren.
We do not know if the troopers obtained medical information from hospital personnel. We do know the troopers have left the hospital.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, fhp, florida highway patrol, FloridaHighwayPatrol, hospital, search warrant, SearchWarrant, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Nov 30th 2009 11:45AM by TMZ Staff
"The road to high performance isn't always paved" -- and neither is your neighbor's front lawn.
This ad actually appears in today's edition of the Wall Street Journal.
Filed under: Tiger Woods
Tags: accenture, accident, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods, tree, wall street journal, WallStreetJournal
Posted Nov 30th 2009 12:45AM by TMZ Staff
Sources tell TMZ the Florida Highway Patrol is now focusing on obtaining a search warrant -- allowing them to seize medical records from the hospital that treated Tiger Woods -- in an attempt to determine if the wounds Woods sustained are consistent with a car accident or domestic violence.
We're told authorities believe they can show probable cause a crime was committed, a necessary step in obtaining a warrant.
One big piece of evidence showing probable cause ... sources tell us Tiger's wife, Elin Nordegren told FHP troopers she went looking for Tiger in a golf cart, came upon the accident and then used a golf club to break the window to gain entry. That's a very different story from what she first told Windemere cops shortly after the accident -- she never mentioned a golf cart. Nordegren told Windemere police she had walked out of her house, saw the crash, went back inside to get a golf club and returned to the vehicle.
TMZ has reviewed 21 photos from the scene -- no sign of any golf cart. But we just found another photo (below) from the scene, where you can see a golf cart in the foreground.
And there's more ... although alcohol was not involved, Tiger was in and out of consciousness and TMZ has already reported Tiger told a friend he was taking prescription meds for pain, which could be evidence of DUI. This, too, could constitute probable cause to obtain a warrant.
We're told the FHP is pursuing the search warrant option after getting shut down again Sunday in an attempt to interview Tiger and Elin and eyeball Tiger's wounds.
As we first reported, according to sources, Tiger told a friend Elin had attacked him after she confronted him with reported allegations he had cheated on her. We're told Tiger told the friend Elin then followed him out of the house and struck the moving vehicle with the golf club, causing him to get distracted and hit the hydrant.
If the FHP determines Elin attacked Tiger, we're told she could be arrested for domestic violence.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, florida highway patrol, FloridaHighwayPatrol, search warrant, SearchWarrant, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Nov 29th 2009 3:25PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has obtained incredible photos of Tiger Woods' SUV just after it crashed into a tree early Friday morning.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Photo Galleries, Ride Me, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, crash, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, photos, suv, tiger woods, Tiger Woods Car Crash Photos, TigerWoods, TigerWoodsCarCrashPhotos
Posted Nov 29th 2009 2:26PM by TMZ Staff
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Tiger Woods has canceled yet another meeting with the Florida Highway Patrol.
We're told Tiger's lawyer canceled the meeting the FHP had wanted for 3:00 PM ET today. The lawyer gave no reason for the cancellation.
One of the things authorities want to see -- the wounds on Tiger's face ... whether they were caused by the accident or during a domestic dispute with his wife.
UPDATE: Here's how the FHP describes today's attempt to talk to Tiger: "The troopers went to the house to see if they could speak with Mr. Woods. Mr. Woods' attorney was present and told investigators that Mr. Woods was unavailable for an interview. Mr. Woods' attorney provided the troopers with Mr. Woods' driver's license information, registration and current proof of insurance as required by Florida Law. The crash investigation is ongoing and charges are pending."
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, car crash, CarCrash, FHP, photos, tiger woods, TigerWoods, wounds
Posted Nov 29th 2009 1:30PM by TMZ Staff
Tiger Woods had a "Kobe Special" on his brain hours after what looks like a domestic dispute with his wife, Elin Nordegren -- this according to someone who spoke with Tiger on Friday.
During the phone conversation on Friday, Tiger told his friend, "I have to run to Zales to get a 'Kobe Special.'" The person on the other end of the phone asked Tiger what a "Kobe Special" was. The reply -- "A house on a finger."
During the conversation, Tiger said his wife had "gone ghetto" on him.
As we first reported, Tiger told the friend his wife had scratched his face up during an argument over a report that the golf great had cheated on her. The "other woman" named in the story -- Rachel Uchitel -- calls the report "bulls**t."
Of course, the Kobe reference is the now-famous house/ring he gave his wife Vanessa after the whole Colorado thing. We're assuming Tiger was joking, though he can certainly afford it.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, crash, Elin Nordegren, ElinNordegren, jewelry, kobe bryant, KobeBryant, police, ring, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods, zales
Posted Nov 29th 2009 1:26PM by TMZ Staff
The 911 made on the morning of Tiger Woods' car crash did not come from Tiger's wife, Elin Nordegren -- it came from a neighbor.
Florida Highway Patrol says there was only one call made and it will be released sometime today. We'll put it up on the website, stat.
The FHP is scheduled to go back to Tiger's home at 3:00 PM ET to speak with him and his wife ... and to observe the marks on his face.
Stay tuned ...
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Tiger Woods
Tags: 911 call, 911Call, accident, crash, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, neighbor, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Nov 28th 2009 9:09PM by TMZ Staff
It looks like Tiger Woods has been boxed into a corner and his best friend, now, is time -- because he's again refused to meet with the Florida Highway Patrol about the incident with his wife early yesterday. Tiger may well be waiting for the telltale wounds to heal.
Woods' agent told the Florida Highway Patrol Tiger and wife Elin Nordegren would not make themselves available to speak with authorities today about the incident that left Tiger with lacerations and one less fire hydrant on his block.
We know the Highway Patrol is suspicious of the wife's account ... that Tiger just drove off and hit a fire hydrant. She told the first officer on the scene from the Windemere PD that she went inside the house after the crash to get a golf club and then hit the car in an attempt to free her husband. But we know she told a very different story subsequently to the Highway Patrol.
As we first reported, Tiger told a friend that his wife went ballistic at around 2:00 AM yesterday and scratched his face up -- all because of reports he allegedly had cheated on her. He left the house, started driving away and she attacked the SUV with a golf club, Tiger told the friend. He got "distracted" and hit the hydrant.
If Tiger and his wife acknowledge she scratched him up, she could be arrested for domestic abuse. And, as we first reported, Tiger told his friend he had been taking prescription painkillers and that was why he seemed out of it after the crash. Although we're told there was no alcohol involved (and that seems to be the case), driving under the influence of painkillers could be a problem, if it's provable.
By the way ... one of the things the Highway Patrol wants to see is the marks on Tiger's face, and whether they are consistent with scratch marks or impact on a car. As we reported, there was no blood on the steering wheel, making the accident scenario suspicious. But if the marks indicate a human touch and they last for a few days, we're guessing Tiger will not show up at his golf tourney on Thursday.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, cops, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, florida highway patrol, FloridaHighwayPatrol, suv, Tiger Woods, TigerWoods
Posted Nov 28th 2009 8:50PM by TMZ Staff
Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, changed the story she told the first officer on the scene, according to law enforcement sources.
The Windemere Police Department says Tiger's wife went outside, saw that her husband had struck a fire hydrant and a tree, and then went back inside the house for a golf club to use to try and extricate him from the vehicle. But we've learned Nordegren told a very different story to the Florida Highway Patrol, and it does not involve going back in the house for a club. Our sources will not allow us to be more specific.
And we've learned there was no blood found on the steering wheel of Tiger's SUV -- putting into serious doubt that Tiger sustained his injuries from the crash.
As we first reported, Tiger had a conversation with a friend yesterday, in which he said his wife had confronted him over reports he was involved with another woman ... and that his wife scratched his face up during the argument. Tiger told the friend he then left the house, started driving off and his wife then came out with a golf club, striking the vehicle. Tiger then became distracted and hit the hydrant and then a nearby tree.
We're told cops will interview Tiger and his wife later today.
UPDATE: A neighbor tells TMZ they saw cops show up at Tiger's house this morning -- only to get turned away again. Tiger's wife, Elin, was spotted (below) driving out of the Isleworth subdivision in Windermere earlier today.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, club, crash, elin Nordegren, ElinNordegren, florida highway patrol, FloridaHighwayPatrol, golf, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods, tree, windemere police department, WindemerePoliceDepartment, window
Posted Nov 28th 2009 8:35PM by TMZ Staff
Tiger Woods did not suffer facial lacerations from a car accident. They were inflicted by his wife, Elin Nordegren -- according to a conversation Woods had Friday after the accident.
Tiger has yet to be formally interviewed by the Florida Highway Patrol -- that should happen this afternoon. But we're told Tiger had a conversation Friday -- with a non-law enforcement type -- detailing what went down before his Escalade hit a fire hydrant.
We're told he said his wife had confronted him about reports that he was seeing another woman. The argument got heated and, according to our source, she scratched his face up. We're told it was then Woods beat a hasty retreat for his SUV -- but according to our source, Woods says his wife followed behind with a golf club. As Tiger drove away, she struck the vehicle several times with the club.
We're told Woods became "distracted," thought the vehicle was stopped, and looked to see what had happened. At that point the SUV hit the fire hydrant and then hit a tree.
We're also told Woods had said during the conversation Friday he had been taking prescription pain medication for an injury, which could explain why he seemed somewhat out of it at the scene.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, crash, Elin Nordegren, ElinNordegren, escalade, fire hydrants, FireHydrants, lacerations, scratches, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods
Posted Nov 27th 2009 6:10PM by TMZ Staff
Multiple law enforcement sources tell TMZ Tiger Woods' early morning accident came right after an argument with his wife, Elin Nordegren.
We're told Elin told cops about the argument at the scene of the accident and Tiger gave the same story to authorities at the hospital where he was treated.
One Florida law enforcement official called it "a domestic issue."
Elin apparently was able to forgive and forget -- according to Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor, Nordegren smashed out the back window of Tiger's car to help get him out.
UPDATE -- We're told the Florida Highway Patrol went to Tiger's house this afternoon to talk to him about the accident -- but they were turned away by his wife, who said he was sleeping. The FHP plans to try and talk to Woods again tomorrow.
Filed under: TMZ Sports, Exclusives, Tiger Woods
Tags: accident, argument, crash, elin nordegren, ElinNordegren, fire hydrant, FireHydrant, florida, suv, tiger woods, TigerWoods, tree, wife
