{"id":379815,"date":"2026-04-03T10:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/379815\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T10:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:43:14","slug":"all-of-a-sudden-boom-tiger-woods-describes-car-crash-in-bodycam-footage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/379815\/","title":{"rendered":"All of a sudden\u2026 boom \u2013 Tiger Woods describes car crash in bodycam footage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tiger Woods has described looking down at his phone before feeling a \u201cboom\u201d as he crashed his car in bodycam footage which has been released by Florida police.<\/p>\n<p>15-time major winner Woods, 50, was arrested after escaping unhurt from the accident in which he clipped a trailer he was attempting to overtake and rolled his Range Rover.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with driving under the influence, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test following last week\u2019s incident on Jupiter Island, Florida.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Tiger Woods car crash body camera footage released by Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Department. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CYEoWXOQUi\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/CYEoWXOQUi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2039727571957420260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Woods was arrested and spent eight hours in jail on Friday before being bailed.<\/p>\n<p>Martin County court documents showed Woods formally skipped the initial court appearance on Tuesday but entered a written plea of not guilty via his lawyers and demanded a jury trial.<\/p>\n<p>The bodycam footage, released by the Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office, shows Woods, wearing sunglasses, on his knees being assessed for any injuries on a grass verge close to the accident site at a junction.<\/p>\n<p>He described the moment he crashed by saying: \u201cI look down at my phone and all of a sudden\u2026 boom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"352\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/all-of-a-sudden-boom-tiger-woods-describes-car-crash-in-bodycam-footage.jpg\" alt=\"Police bodycam footage shows Tiger Woods' arrest\" data-title=\"Tiger Woods Crash Golf\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"\" data-credit=\"Uncredited\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required. Handout \u2013 Government Produced\"\/>Police bodycam footage shows Tiger Woods\u2019 arrest (Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office\/AP)<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he was comfortable, Woods replied: \u201cYeah, yeah.\u201d He was then told by the police officer he would be checked over by a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>The officer then walked over to speak with the driver of the other vehicle, which was towing a trailer, with Woods\u2019 black Range Rover flipped on to its side at the junction of a narrow side road.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the other vehicle, who was also unhurt, is reported to have said he was stationary, in front of Woods\u2019 vehicle at the time of the collision.<\/p>\n<p>More footage shows Woods undergoing various sobriety tests and two hydrocodone pills \u2013 a prescription opioid used to treat severe pain \u2013 were found in his pocket during a search.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"458\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775212994_214_all-of-a-sudden-boom-tiger-woods-describes-car-crash-in-bodycam-footage.jpg\" alt=\"Police bodycam footage from Tiger Woods' arrest \" data-title=\"Tiger Woods Crash Golf\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"\" data-credit=\"Uncredited\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required. Handout \u2013 Government Produced\"\/>Police bodycam footage from Tiger Woods\u2019 arrest. Photo: Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office\/AP.<\/p>\n<p>When asked by a police officer how much he had to drink today, Woods replied: \u201cNone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he was taking any medication, he replied: \u201cI take a few, yes.\u201d Woods added that he had taken all his medication earlier that morning.<\/p>\n<p>After his sobriety tests, Woods was handcuffed and told by the officer: \u201cAt this time I do believe that your normal faculties are impaired and you\u2019re under an unknown substance, so you are under arrest for a DUI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was the fourth occasion Woods has been involved in a motoring accident since 2009.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775212994_836_all-of-a-sudden-boom-tiger-woods-describes-car-crash-in-bodycam-footage.jpg\" alt=\"Police bodycam footage showed Tiger Woods undergoing various sobriety\" data-title=\"APTOPIX Tiger Woods Crash Golf\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"\" data-credit=\"Uncredited\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required. Handout \u2013 Government Produced\"\/>Police bodycam footage shows Tiger Woods undergoing various sobriety (Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office\/AP)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/sport\/tiger-woods-to-seek-treatment-after-pleading-not-guilty-to-dui-charge-1881531.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/sport\/tiger-woods-to-seek-treatment-after-pleading-not-guilty-to-dui-charge-1881531.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2-76883904.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"Tiger Woods To \u2018Seek Treatment\u2019 After Pleading Not Guilty To Dui Charge\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Sport<\/p>\n<p>Tiger Woods to \u2018seek treatment\u2019 after pleading not guilty to DUI charge<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He has undergone numerous surgeries throughout his career, many to the leg and ankle since suffering multiple injuries in a serious crash in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the incident, there had been speculation over whether Woods might play at the Masters \u2013 an event he has won five times \u2013 next week.<\/p>\n<p>That will now not happen, and the PGA of America said on Wednesday that Woods had turned down the opportunity to captain the United States at the 2027 Ryder Cup after he announced he would step away from golf for a period to focus on his health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods has described looking down at his phone before feeling a \u201cboom\u201d as he crashed his car&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-379815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}