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Tiger Woods Learns His Fate After DUI Crash

The legendary golfer appeared at court alongside his girlfriend, Vanessa Trump.

Golfer Tiger Woods flanked by his girlfriend, Vanessa Trump,

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Legendary golfer Tiger Woods had his driver’s license suspended for five years Wednesday after reaching a plea deal in his Florida DUI case. The charges followed a March crash in which he hit another vehicle and rolled his Land Rover. The 50-year-old athlete appeared at Martin County Courthouse alongside his girlfriend, Vanessa Trump. Woods changed his earlier not-guilty plea after prosecutors reduced the DUI charge to reckless driving. Woods was arrested March 27 after his Land Rover clipped a trailer being hauled by a truck and rolled onto its side on Jupiter Island, Florida, north of Palm Beach. An arrest report said Woods had been traveling at high speed on a residential road with a 30 mph speed limit and caused about $5,000 in damage. Woods told authorities he had been looking at his cellphone and changing the radio before the collision. Deputies at the scene said he appeared impaired, but a Breathalyzer test registered no alcohol. Woods refused a urine test. Deputies also found two pills in his pants pocket, later identified as the opioid hydrocodone. Neither Woods nor the other person involved was injured.

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