Tiger Woods had hydrocodone pills in his pocket and bloodshot eyes at crash scene, authorities say

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods’ eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils dilated and helium had hydrocodone pills successful his pouch erstwhile interviewed astatine the country of his car clang past week successful Florida, according to a sheriff’s bureau study released Tuesday.

Woods’ movements were dilatory and lethargic, helium was sweating arsenic helium talked to deputies and told them helium had taken medicine medicine earlier successful the morning, according to the incidental study released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies recovered 2 achromatic pills, which were identified arsenic the opioid hydrocodone utilized to dainty pain, successful his pocket, the study said.

When asked by a lawman if helium took immoderate medicine medications, Woods said, “I instrumentality a few.”

Woods told deputies helium had been looking astatine his telephone and fiddling with the vigor earlier helium clipped a motortruck successful beforehand of him, the study said.

The golfer was traveling astatine precocious speeds connected a beachside, residential roadworthy connected Jupiter Island erstwhile his Land Rover clipped the motortruck and rolled onto its side, according to the sheriff's office, which noted Woods showed signs of impairment.

The motortruck had $5,000 successful damage, according to the sheriff's report.

The motortruck operator and different idiosyncratic helped Woods retired of his vehicle, with the golfer needing to ascent retired from the rider side. Neither Woods nor the motortruck operator were injured.

During a tract sobriety test, deputies noticed Woods limping and that helium had a compression sock implicit his close knee. The golfer explained helium had undergone 7 backmost surgeries and implicit 20 limb operations and that his ankle seizes up portion walking. Woods, who was hiccupping during the questioning, continuously moved his caput during 1 of the sobriety tests and deputies had to instruct him respective times to support his caput straight, the study said.

“Based connected my observations of Woods, however helium performed the exercises and based connected my training, knowledge, and experience, I believed that Woods mean faculties were impaired, and helium was incapable to safely run the centrifugal vehicle,” the lawman wrote aft the tests.

Woods agreed to a Breathalyzer trial that showed nary signs of alcohol, but helium refused a urine test, authorities said. He was arrested and released connected bail 8 hours later.

Woods’ cause astatine Excel Sports, Mark Steinberg, has not responded to aggregate messages seeking comment. No 1 from Woods’ campy oregon the PGA Tour -- helium is connected the committee and is president of the committee reshaping the contention exemplary -- has commented since his arrest.

Woods, who has been progressive successful different crashes implicit the years, is charged with driving nether the influence, spot harm and refusal to taxable to a lawful test. He is scheduled for arraignment April 23. Online tribunal records bash not database an lawyer for him.

Under a alteration to Florida instrumentality past year, refusing a instrumentality enforcement officer’s petition to instrumentality a breath, humor oregon urine trial became a misdemeanor, adjacent for a archetypal offense.

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AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson successful Jacksonville, Florida, contributed to this report.

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