Three things for February 24
1. Tiger Woods suffers multiple injuries in car accident
On Tuesday, Feb. 23, golfing champion Tiger Woods sustained several injuries in a car accident in Los Angeles. Woods was hospitalized after his car veered off the road and rolled down a hill.
According to an update released via his social media account on Tuesday, Woods is awake and responsive after suffering from “comminuted open fractures” to the upper and lower portions of his tibia and fibula in his right leg.
Authorities said rescue workers had to pry him from the wreckage.
“Tiger Woods was in a single-car accident this morning in California where he suffered multiple leg injuries. He is currently in surgery, and we thank you for your privacy and support,” Woods’ agent, Daniel Rapaport, said in a statement given to Golf Digest.
Woods was in Los Angeles over the weekend hosting the PGA Tour’s annual Genesis Invitational but did not compete in the tournament due to recovering from back surgery in December.
2. Police officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death not indicted by Grand Jury
In New York, the Grand Jury voted not to indict the officers responsible for Daniel Prude’s death.
In March 2020, Prude was visiting his brother in Rochester, NY, when he experienced a psychotic episode. According to the New York Times, he began spitting and claimed he had coronavirus. Prude, a Black man, was forced to the ground by police officers, and a hood was placed over his face for two minutes.
After losing consciousness, Prude was resuscitated but died a week later in a hospital. Prude’s death led to mass protests of police brutality.
On Tuesday, Feb. 23, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced none of the officers who arrested Prude would face charges connected with his death. A Grand Jury declined to charge any of the seven officers on the scene that night with a crime.
“While I know that the Prude family, the Rochester community, and communities across the country will rightfully be devastated and disappointed, we have to respect this decision,” James said.
3. Prison riots in Ecuador leave 62 dead
On Tuesday, Feb. 24, Ecuadorian authorities announced 62 inmates have died in riots at prisons in three cities as a result of fights between rival gangs and an escape attempt.
Prisons Director Edmundo Moncayo said two groups were trying to gain “criminal leadership within the detention centers,” and the clashes were precipitated by a search for weapons carried out Monday by police officers, reports AP News.
According to Moncayo, 33 inmates died at the prison in Cuenca in southern Ecuador, 21 in the Pacific coast city of Guayaquil and eight in the central city of Latacunga.
President Lenín Moreno ordered the Ministry of Defense “to exercise strict control of weapons, ammunition and explosives in the outer perimeters of prisons” due to this week’s riots.
