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Rancho Palos Verdes/Torrance, Feb 23 (EFE/EPA).- Golf icon Tiger Woods, who on Tuesday morning was injured in a one-car rollover crash in Los Angeles County, California, is in "stable" condition, albeit with "serious injuries to both legs," Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at a press conference.Villanueva said that Woods' SUV - which he was alone in at the time of the accident - was extensively damaged in the crash, adding that the accident was potentially fatal. (Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT).SHOT LIST: A GENESIS GV80 SUV DRIVEN BY US GOLFER TIGER WOODS OF THE US AT THE SCENE OF A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES, AND HARBOR-UCLA MEDICAL CENTER WHERE US GOLFER TIGER WOODS IS BEING TREATED FOLLOWING A SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH IN TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, US.
Images outside the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where US golfer Tiger Woods underwent surgery after suffering serious injuries to both legs as his car flew off the road near Los Angeles. IMAGES outside hospital and at crash site
The vehicle driven by Tiger Woods lies on its side in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, after a roll-over accident. The US golfer is currently hospitalized after the car crash. IMAGES
Images outside the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where US golfer Tiger Woods is being hospitalized after a car crash near Los Angeles. IMAGES
With the world’s first public crash test involving two fully electric vehicles, Mercedes-Benz is going above and beyond not only the legal requirements but also those of the ratings industry. Euro NCAP stipulates a frontal impact test using a 1,400 kg trolley with an aluminium honeycomb barrier replicating the front of another vehicle. In accordance with the specifications, the test vehicle and the trolley collide with an overlap and at a speed of 50 km/h. Mercedes-Benz, however, used two real vehicles, an EQA and an EQS SUV, which are significantly heavier at around 2.2 and three tonnes respectively. In addition, both models were faster, each going 56 km/h, which meant that the overall crash energy was considerably higher than required by law. The vehicles’ extensive deformation following the collision may seem alarming to the non-expert. For the Mercedes-Benz engineers, however, it shows that the vehicles were able to effectively absorb the energy of the collision by deforming. As a result, the passenger safety cell of both electric models remained intact and the doors could still be opened. In an emergency, this would make it possible for occupants to exit the vehicle on their own or for first responders and rescue personnel to reach them. The high-voltage system in the EQA and the EQS SUV switched off automatically during the collision.
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