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    • Agencies Tags : Tiger Woods, road accident Posted: Saturday , Nov 28, 2009 at 1004 hrs Washington:
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    File Photo:Tiger Woods tips his cap to the crowd after he finished his final hole in Melbourne.
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    Tiger Woods had a narrow escape on Saturday when his car smashed outside his Florida mansion with the superstar golfer sustaining minor injuries before being released from a city hospital.

    The 33-year-old golfer, one of the world's richest sportsperson with an estimated earning of over USD 1 billion, suffered cuts and bruises to his face and nose and was treated in the North Central Hospital in Ococee before being released in good health condition.

    "Tiger Woods was in a minor car accident outside his home last night. He was admitted, treated and released today in good condition," the hospital in Florida said in a statement.

    The statement which was also posted on the golf star's official website added : "We appreciate very much everyone's thoughts and well wishes."

    Wood crashed into a fire hydrant and then hit a nearby tree after leaving his property in the Isleworth community near Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

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    Hearing the collision from inside the house, his wife, Elin, rushed out and had to use a golf club to break the back window of their SUV to rescue him.

    Woods was found outside his vehicle in a semi-conscious state when police arrived on the scene. Woods reportedly had facial injuries as he was bleeding from the nose and cuts to both lips.

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    Minor accidentBy: Avais | 28-Nov-2009 Reply | Forward (CNN) -- Golfer Tiger Woods was treated and released after suffering minor injuries in a car accident early Friday in his central Florida neighborhood, his publicist said. Woods, 33, was in a minor accident outside his home, according to a joint statement from his publicist and Health Central Hospital. He is in "good condition," the statement said. The single-vehicle accident occurred about 2:25 a.m. in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, according to police. Woods pulled out of his driveway in a 2009 Cadillac SUV and struck a fire hydrant and then a tree, according to an incident report from the Florida Highway Patrol in Orange County. Police Chief Daniel Saylor said two Windermere police officers were the first to arrive on the scene. "There was Tiger Woods laying on the ground in front of the vehicle, with his wife over him rendering first aid," he said. "He was in and out of consciousness with lacerations to his upper and lower lip," Saylor said. "He was mumbling but didn't say
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