"Plenty left to explain"

Steve Elling follows up with a blog post clarifying the dilemma facing the Florida Highway Patrol and the Woods clan today when they meet around 3 p.m. EST to discuss yesterday's accident.

This was of note...

And FHP was late to the accident site. That meant the Windermere officers were the lone police authorities to see Woods at the scene. Saylor's officers told him there were no signs he was drinking based on, “first indications of his breath, and talking to him and the way he was acting."

Not that the conversations were lengthy, since Woods was bleeding from the mouth. “He was conscious enough to be able to speak a little bit," Saylor said.



Asked what Woods said, Saylor added: "Nothing. He was mumbling, that was it.”

Saylor and Montes explained the jurisdictional overlap. Windermere police responded even though it was out of their jurisdiction because of a mutual-aid agreement with the Orange County Sheriffs Department. The sheriff’s department doesn’t handle minor traffic accidents, and handed off to FHP, Montes said. By the time FHP arrived, Woods was gone.

The FHP dropped by Woods’ house later on Friday for a follow-up talk about the incident, but his wife Elin said he was sleeping. As a courtesy, they agreed to return Saturday.

Comments

[Warren]

Sounds like a cheap murder mystery. Hope Tiger's okay.