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Bill Haas Returns to Tour for the Valspar

I think if someone dies that qualifies for serious injuries.
 
While hardly a surprise, Bill Haas has formally withdrawn from this week's Genesis Open. Here is part of the statement from Haas' manager (Alan Hobbs - who also is a WF alum):

Last night in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Bill Haas was involved in a serious car accident in which the driver — a member of the family with whom Haas and his family were staying for the Genesis Open — was killed. While Bill escaped serious injuries and has been released from the hospital, he is understandably shaken up and — more importantly — his deepest condolences go out to the host family during this tragic and difficult time,” the statement said.

“Bill will withdraw from the Genesis Open and plans to head home to Greenville to recover. He appreciates the support of friends, family and the golf world as a whole and he has asked for privacy as he processes what happened.”
 
I think if someone dies that qualifies for serious injuries.

Yes. I understand
Reports were that Bill had serious injuries. You'll have to trust me that he must have had nothing at all to be looked at and released. High speed trauma passenger with fatality that gets sent home didn't have anything wrong. That's hardly serious
 
Weren’t those reports right after somebody died and Haas was taken to the hospital?
 
Yes. I understand
Reports were that Bill had serious injuries. You'll have to trust me that he must have had nothing at all to be looked at and released. High speed trauma passenger with fatality that gets sent home didn't have anything wrong. That's hardly serious

Cool, this really isn't worth spending time arguing about :). Just glad Bill is ok, and prayers for the family who now has to bury someone.
 
Police are almost always wrong about the seriousness of the injuries at the scene. Jurors almost never understand that the police are almost always wrong.

The police are almost always wrong? Damn! So what is your estimate on percentage of innocent people in prison? 90%? 99%? I didn't know that they taught Lawyerin' From Afar in law school.
 
Police are almost always wrong about the seriousness of the injuries at the scene. Jurors almost never understand that the police are almost always wrong.

I have a little game i like to play when I see that DR has posted. Read the topic title and try to estimate, on a scale of 1-10, how much of a douche ambulance chasing scumbag he’s going to come off as. My estimate of 9.5 was low this time
 
Unfortunate that this happened right before a big tourney, especially in a field that involves the big cat. Looks like a 99' F35 GTS F1, not that it matters though. Get better Billy
 
Unfortunate that this happened right before a big tourney, especially in a field that involves the big cat. Looks like a 99' F35 GTS F1, not that it matters though. Get better Billy

F355 you mean. Yes it definitely is.

And DR is kind of right about the police/injury thing. A cop isn't going to diagnose a herniated disc at the scene. Come on dudes.
 
F355 you mean. Yes it definitely is.

And DR is kind of right about the police/injury thing. A cop isn't going to diagnose a herniated disc at the scene. Come on dudes.

but doesn't the officer know there's a message board in need of up to date details?!
 
It would be pretty standard for the authorities to report "serious injuries" when there's someone dead in a car and they send the passenger off to the hospital. For all we know, Bill was experiencing a lot of pain, couldn't feel his legs, or could have been freaking the fuck out. It has nothing to do with trying to create drama as you suggested. It's a standard answer for a serious situation where information is changing by the second as triage is being completed.

And DR is kind of right about the police/injury thing. A cop isn't going to diagnose a herniated disc at the scene. Come on dudes.

Both of these are correct. Any time there's a fatality within a passenger compartment, all other occupants within the compartment are considered critical until deemed otherwise at the hospital. Typically the force needed to cause a fatality will result in injuries for for the others. Bill was very lucky this time. He was probably extricated, put right into an ambulance and taken emergency traffic to the hospital. The FD doesn't follow the pt to the hospital, so their statement was going off the information they had on scene.
 
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