Anthony Joshua world-renowned boxer was involved in a road accident today in Makun, Ogun State
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The incident reportedly occurred along a busy highway of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway at around 11am on Monday. Joshua, who recently beat Jake Paul on his return to the ring, was in a Lexus jeep and collided with a stationary truck. The circumstances around the incident are still being investigated.
Joshua has been pulled from the scene and he only sustained minor injuries, but it is understood that two people died on the spot, reports Punch.
The British boxer was seated behind the driver, with another person beside him. All in all there were four peoiple in the Lexus. His security detail was in the vehicle behind them before the crash.
We’ll keep you up to date on the situation as the details emerge.
An eyewitness told Punch newspaper: “It was a two-vehicle convoy: a Lexus SUV and a Pajero SUV.
“Joshua was seated behind the driver, with another person beside him. There was also a passenger sitting beside the driver, making four occupants in the Lexus that crashed. His security detail was in the vehicle behind them before the crash.
“Other eyewitnesses and I began the rescue and flagged down oncoming vehicles to assist. A few minutes after the crash, officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps arrived.”
Joshua was being driven in a Lexus which collided with a stationary truck on a road dubbed the country’s ‘most dangerous highway’.
More than 1,200 people were involved in accidents on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the first quarter of this year with 78 recorded fatalities.
Anthony Joshua is in hospital after suffering ‘minor injuries’ in a fatal car crash in Nigeria, which killed two. It has been reported that the former heavyweight champion was travelling in a Jeep and collided with a stationary truck while travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in the southwest of Nigeria.
