After Tiger Woods’ rollover crash in Florida last week, the golfer told a deputy that he had just gotten off the phone with “the president,” according to police body camera footage released on Thursday.
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In body camera footage released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy is seen telling Woods to “just hang out here” after the crash, when his Land Rover clipped a trailer as a truck was turning into a driveway in Jupiter Island.
“Yeah, I was just talking to the president,” Woods responds.
In the video, Woods, who has been charged with driving under the influence, is seen holding a phone as he walks away from the deputy. There’s no audio of what Woods was saying, but he could be heard saying “thank you, thank you” before ending the call.
It is not immediately clear if he is referring to President Donald Trump. Last week, Trump told the New York Post that he spoke with Woods following the incident, saying he was “doing good” but “lives a life of pain.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
The golfer was arrested Friday after the crash that caused his SUV to flip. He pleaded not guilty earlier this week.
An incident report said the truck sustained about $5,000 in damage to the rear left fender and the trailer’s wheel.
No one was injured in the crash.
In one video, Woods is seen kneeling by the road, speaking with a deputy.
“I looked down at my phone and all of a sudden, boom,” he says.
His SUV is still on its side in the video. The deputy told Woods that a medic would come and examine him.
In another video, Woods hiccups as he sits in the back of the squad car.
“Well, this is fun,” he says.
“Are you cool back there?” the deputy asks.
“Nope,” Woods responds, before asking how long he’ll have to be at the jail.
According to an incident report released by the sheriff’s office, Woods said he did not realize the truck had slowed. The report said the deputy “observed several signs of impairment” and requested that another deputy conduct a DUI investigation.