体坛英语新闻：Car accident "my fault": Woods

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Golf Superstar Tiger Woods canceled another meeting with state troopers and posted a statement on his Web site on Sunday saying the car accident two days ago was "his fault", but failed to elaborate the rumored "seriously injured" crash that sent him to a hospital.

    In a statement posted on his Web site, Woods took responsibility for the accident.

    "This situation is my fault, and it's obviously embarrassing to my family and me," Woods said.

    "I'm human and I'm not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn't happen again."

    Woods said it was a private matter, and he wanted to keep it that way.

    "Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible."

    Windermere police chief Daniel Saylor has said Woods' wife, Elin, used a golf club to smash out a rear window to help him get out of the SUV when she heard the crash from inside their home at 2:25 a.m. on Friday.

    "The only person responsible for the accident is me," Woods said. "My wife, Elin, acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble. She was the first person to help me. Any other assertion is absolutely false."

    The statement was posted about an hour before state troopers were to meet with the world No. 1 golfer at his home inside the gates of Isleworth in Florida.

    In a tape of an emergency services call released Sunday, a neighbor told dispatchers that a black Cadillac Escalade hit a tree and "I have someone down in front of my house".

    Woods' neighbor never mentions the golfer by name, and the call is inaudible at several points because of the bad connection.

    Sergent Kim Montes of the Florida Highway Patrol said Woods' attorney, Mark Nejame, informed the patrol that Woods would not be meeting with troopers Sunday afternoon.

    "It has not been rescheduled," Montes said. "We'll move forward with our investigation without it."

    Police first tried to interview Woods on Friday, only for his wife to ask if they could return the next day because he was sleeping.