Heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua injured in car crash in Nigeria, with two others dead.
British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua has been involved in a car crash on the Ogun–Lagos state expressway in Nigeria.
The 36-year-old, has family roots in Sagamu, a town in Ogun State, south-west Nigeria.
A statement from the Ogun State Police Command in Nigeria, confirms that two people died in the crash, which also injured Anthony Joshua.
Footage posted online shows the former heavyweight world champion boxer shirtless and looking dazed as he sits in the wrecked vehicle among shattered glass.
He is later seen in the front seat of an emergency vehicle, speaking to officials. Joshua sustained minor injuries and was taken to hospital. Two other people were pronounced dead at the scene.
Five men were involved in the collision in total, an update from Nigerian road safety officials said.
Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn told Daily Mail Sport: ‘We are trying to contact Anthony and, in the meantime, we don’t want to speculate on how he is but thankfully he appears okay from what I have seen in the images.
‘We are awaiting more information on what has happened and will update in due course.’
CP Lanre Ogunlowo, Commissioner of Ogun State Police, said: ‘I can confirm an accident occurred and Anthony Joshua has been taken to hospital.’
He added: ‘A vehicle rammed into a stationary vehicle. Unfortunately, there were two fatalities. Anthony Joshua was treated by first-responders at the scene and then taken to hospital.’
The jeep involved in the crash is believed to have been travelling ‘beyond the legally prescribed speed limit’, the Federal Road Safety Corps in Nigeria said.
They added that the vehicle lost control while it was making ‘an overtaking maneouvre’ before smashing into a truck parked on the side of the road.
SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk