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Tiger Woods Reaches Plea Deal in Florida Crash Case, Loses License for Five Years

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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News From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Tiger Woods accepted a reckless-driving charge in a Florida court after reaching a plea agreement in a crash case.
  • A judge in Martin County suspended Woods’ driver’s license for five years.
  • Woods had denied the separate driving-under-the-influence allegation; police said he had pain medication in his pocket, appeared dazed and declined a urine test after the crash.

Tiger Woods has accepted a lesser reckless-driving charge in connection with the rollover crash that led to his arrest in Florida. A judge in Martin County also ordered the golf star’s driver’s license suspended for five years.

The crash happened in late March on a road in Jupiter Island, near Woods’ home. He was driving a sport utility vehicle when it struck the rear of a truck and overturned. Woods was later arrested.

Woods, 50, had previously denied the charge of driving under the influence. Police said they found pain medication in his pocket and observed signs that he appeared mentally dazed. He passed a breath test but refused to provide a urine sample.

Woods told police that he had been looking down at his phone and switching radio stations when he hit the truck. The plea agreement resolves the reckless-driving allegation while the court imposed the five-year license suspension.

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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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