LAGOS: Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua suffered “minor accidents” in a deadly automobile accident that killed two folks on Monday (Dec 29), Nigerian police mentioned.
Footage circulating on-line confirmed a shirtless Joshua – a British nationwide of Nigerian heritage – surrounded by what seemed to be damaged window glass on the seats round him.
The circumstances across the wreck are “presently being investigated”, mentioned police in Ogun state, simply north of Nigeria’s financial capital Lagos, which throngs with guests from throughout the nation and diaspora every December.
Joshua “was seated within the rear of the automobile, sustained minor accidents and (is) receiving medical consideration”, the police assertion mentioned.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn informed Every day Mail Sport he was on a household vacation and “awoke to the information of this incident”.
“We try to contact Anthony and within the meantime we do not need to speculate on how he’s however fortunately he seems OK from what I’ve seen within the pictures,” he mentioned.
Police mentioned the wreck, wherein two folks in Joshua’s automobile have been killed, occurred round 11am, within the city of Makun, alongside the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.
Nigeria’s Federal Street Security Corps mentioned in an announcement that the Lexus Joshua was using in “was suspected to be travelling past the legally prescribed velocity restrict on the hall, misplaced management throughout an overtaking manoeuvre and crashed right into a stationary truck … by the aspect of the highway”.
Witness Adeniyi Orojo informed Punch information Joshua was travelling in a two-vehicle convoy, and was seated behind his driver.
“The passenger beside the driving force and the individual beside Joshua died on the spot,” he mentioned.
The police gave the identical toll, saying the 2 killed have been “passengers within the automobile” who “misplaced their lives on the scene”.
The names of the victims haven’t been launched, however a spokesman for the Ogun state governor mentioned preliminary experiences indicated they have been “two male overseas nationals”.
Earlier this month, Joshua knocked out YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in a Netflix-backed bout in Miami.
The previous Olympic champion Joshua has since been linked with a battle towards compatriot and fellow former world champion Tyson Fury.
Joshua’s final battle previous to the match with Paul was a fifth-round knockout loss to fellow Briton Daniel Dubois in September final yr
