Tiger Woods Eludes Investigators Amid New Pics Showing His Crashed SUV

Nov. 28, 2009— -- For a second day, investigators were rebuffed in their attempts to interview Tiger Woods about an SUV accident early Friday near his home that involved injuries serious enough to send him to a hospital.

Florida Highway Patrol investigators were seen arriving at Woods' home in Orange County, Fla., just before 3 p.m. ET, according to ABC News Orlando affiliate WFTV, and leaving almost an hour later.

"The Florida Highway Patrol has received information that Tiger Woods and his wife were not available to be interviewed by state troopers, as we had previously scheduled," spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes said in an e-mail to the media Saturday evening. "This announcement came from his agent. Troopers were asked to return tomorrow (November 29th). This is still an ongoing crash investigation."

Two Florida Highway Patrol troopers also tried to interview Woods Friday evening at his home, according to The Associated Press, but Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, turned them away, saying Woods was sleeping.

The latest failed attempt to interview Woods came as WFTV ran exclusive photos showing Woods' 2009 Cadillac Escalade smashed into a tree.

The WFTV images fit the initial police descriptions of the event -- that Woods, 33, crashed his vehicle into a fire hydrant and then a tree near his Windermere, Fla., home at 2:25 a.m. Friday.

Authorities said it is possible they eventually may release 911 tapes pertaining to the accident.

"The 9-1-1 tapes provided to FHP investigators from the Orange County Sheriff's office have not been reviewed by the investigating trooper," Montes said in her e-mail. "Once that has been done and we determine whether or not it is pertinent to our case, I will advise you when those will be released. ... Please remember there is no specific timeline on when that will occur. The Florida Highway Patrol is the sole agency investigating this traffic crash."

There has been only minimal comment on the accident from Woods' camp, which described the accident as "minor" on Friday.

Christine Brennan, an ABC News sports consultant and USA Today sports columnist, suggested on "Good Morning America Weekend" Saturday that there remain many open questions.

"What is this? It's completely incongruous to Tiger's image that he would be doing this at 2:30 in the morning," Brennan said. "He's got a wife. He's got two young children. If he's going out to get something for the baby, OK, great, then tell us. I think that's confusing to people and understandably confusing to people."

The eight exclusive photos on WFTV show the SUV's front passenger tire crashed into the tree with a golf cart and blanket beside it. The eyewitness who took the photos said there were two golf irons in the street and both backseat windows were broken, WFTV reported.

Windermere Police Chief Daniel Saylor said Friday that Nordegren used a golf club to smash out the back window and get her husband out of the car, WFTV reported.

Nordegren told officers she was in their house when she heard the accident and came outside.

"My two officers arrived to the scene and found Tiger Woods laying on the ground in front of his vehicle with his wife over him rendering first aid," Saylor said.

Woods was in and out of consciousness when the officers arrived, had lacerations to his face and was bleeding, Saylor added.

In her e-mail Saturday evening, Montes wrote, "The Florida Highway Patrol will not address any other statements that have been circulating throughout this incident, unless those statements were made specifically by this agency."

Earlier, Montes told the Associated Press that investigators were "trying not to get on the rumor mill," amid various published reports on the accident not independently confirmed by ABC News.