The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant Monday to get data from the so-called black box in the SUV that Tiger Woods was driving when he was seriously injured in a crash last week.
To get a warrant, probable cause that a crime was involved has to be determined, even if it's just a misdemeanor. A sheriff's deputy downplayed the warrant as routine to USA Today Sports on Tuesday, saying he considered it due diligence.
"We're trying to determine if a crime was committed," Sheriff's Deputy John Schloegl said. "If somebody is involved in a traffic collision, we've got to reconstruct the traffic collision, if there was any reckless driving, if somebody was on their cellphone or something like that. We determine if there was a crime. If there was no crime, we close out the case, & it was a regular traffic collision."
The black box data can show a vehicle's speed, steering angle, acceleration & braking activity. There was no information regarding what was found in the Genesis SUV's black box, Deputy Trina Schrader said.
"As far as getting a warrant or getting the download from the car, we just do it automatically," Schloegl told USA Today Sports. "We want answers, so that's the route we take."
Schloegl also said there was "no probable cause" for a warrant to obtain Woods' blood, which would help determine whether he was under the influence of medication.
He said that Woods' camp has been cooperative.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said last week that the crash was "purely an accident" & that his department would not file charges against Woods pertaining to the Feb. 23 single-car crash near Los Angeles.
Villanueva said the department is considering it an accident, which could lead to a misdemeanor at most.
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