Deadly Nigeria crash leaves two dead, boxing icon Anthony Joshua survives. Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua suffered “minor injuries” in a fatal car accident that killed two people on Monday, Nigerian police confirmed. Pictures circulating online showed a shirtless Joshua — a British national of Nigerian heritage — surrounded by what appeared to be broken window glass on the seats around him.
The circumstances around the wreck are “currently being investigated,” said police in Ogun state, just north of Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, which throngs with visitors from across the country and diaspora each December. “We are trying to contact Anthony and in the meantime we don’t want to speculate on how he is but thankfully he appears OK from what I have seen in the images,” he said. Police said the wreck, in which two people in Joshua’s car were killed, occurred around 11:00 am, in the town of Makun, along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.
Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said in a statement that the Lexus Joshua was riding in “was suspected to be travelling beyond the legally prescribed speed limit on the corridor, lost control during an overtaking manoeuvre and crashed into a stationary truck… However, a witness who gave his name as Kunle told AFP: “The truck was not stationary when the accident happened.” “People rushed to help without even knowing those inside the car,” the 27-year-old said. “It was when we got there we realized it was Anthony Joshua that’s inside.” The FRSC said that Joshua’s car was towed to the police station in nearby Sagamu. Joshua’s family hails from the southwest Nigerian city and he is known to visit there when he’s in the country.
