An Update on Tiger Woods' Accident and the Police Investigation

Though I have no new information to present at this time, I wanted to update the Tiger Woods accident and investigation situation and its developments today.

First, police from the Florida Highway Patrol were turned away on Saturday for the second consecutive day from entering the Woods home to question the world number one and his wife about the timeline and events of the accident that occurred around 2:25am on Friday morning.

Troopers were asked to come back tomorrow, as they were instructed on Friday by Woods' wife Elin who said that Tiger was sleeping when troopers arrived.

The Florida Highway Patrol appears ready to release tapes of the 911 call placed to dispatchers concerning the accident.  Though FHP spokesperson Sgt. Kim Montes did not specify a timeline, several outlets are saying that the release will come tomorrow.

Meanwhile, WFTV in Orlando has obtained photographs of the crime scene as taken by police when they arrived at the accident scene.

TMZ is citing anonymous sources within the police department in Windemere, Florida, saying that Elin has changed her story from the initial account that she told FHP investigators.  But, the source would not reveal the change in the story.

Nordigren was also photographed by the Associated Press today as leaving the Woods' Isleworth home with several dogs in the vehicle.

With all of that said, multiples outlets are questioning (a) the reporting done by the Associated Press concerning the accident, (b) Elin Nordigren's claim that she used a golf club to help extricate Tiger from his vehicle, and (c) that this accident had nothing to do with the National Enquirer report that Woods' has been involved in an extramarital affair with NYC native Rachel Uchitel.

Here's the circumstantial knowledge that fuels the skepticism and theorizing:

Concerning Nordigren's claim that she used the golf club to bash in the window to extricate Woods: the photos obtained by WFTV in Orlando show that Woods crashed into a tree with the passenger side of the vehicle.  Police reports also indicate that Woods did not suffer any bruises nor was there blood on the steering wheel of the car.  Therefore, Woods was likely just shaken up by the accident - enough to be incoherent to police - but the impact was not severe enough to thrust him around the car so that he had to be removed through the back window.

The initial police report from FHP said "charges are pending," implying that possible criminal charges might be filed related to the case.  That does not imply that they will be, but it did appear that FHP is interested in learning more about the timeline of the incident.  But, in the FHP release today, spokesperson Sgt. Montes indicated that this is "an ongoing crash investigation."  The matter is not closed.

Further, there appears to be some confusion in the psuedo-jurisdictional overlap between Florida Highway Patrol and the Windemere Police Department.  Windemere PD were the first to arrive to the accident scene.  FHP was second, at which point Woods was gone from the accident scene.

But, from what I know, there has been no additional comment from anyone directly tied to Tiger Woods, his family, or representation.  It is unlikely that any statement will be released beyond what Woods posted to his website on Friday.