Woods blamed his cell phone use, though it sounds like he had actually been messing with both his phone and the vehicle’s radio. According the affidavit, Woods told police at the scene that he had been “looking down at his cell phone and changing the radio station and did not notice [that] the vehicle in front of him had slowed down.”
Manipulating a cell phone and a radio would be distracting enough if one’s faculties were running at full tilt, but the affidavit also noted that Woods had two hydrocodone tablets in his pocket, was “sweating profusely,” and had “bloodshot and glassy” eyes. Field sobriety testing led police to conclude that Woods was impaired—though he denied any recent alcohol consumption—and should not have been driving.
Woods has had a long and well-documented history of these kinds of problems. This isn’t even the first time Woods has flipped his vehicle. Woods has said in the past that he has had issues with prescription painkillers stemming from his numerous back and leg surgeries.