Anthony Joshua injured in car crash leaving two dead in Nigeria
Anthony Joshua has been injured in a horrific car crash that left two dead in Nigeria.
The boxer was travelling as a passenger in a Lexus Jeep that reportedly collided with a stationary trick on Nigeria's busiest motorway, according to eyewitnesses.
Police confirmed Joshua was left with minor injuries in the crash on Makun, Ogun State shortly after 11am today (December 29) on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Dramatic footage shared on social media showed passersby helping a dazed Joshua out of the wreck.
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Local police told the BBC that Joshua has been taken to to hospital for treatment, but is "fine".
Joshua was in the back of the vehicle with photos showing the boxer surrounded by glass.
Eddie Hearn, Joshua's promoter, said in a statement to the Daily Mail: "I am away on a family holiday and awoke to the news of this incident.
"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.
"We are awaiting more information on what has happened and will update in due course."
An eyewitness, named as Adeniyi Orojo, spoke to Punch about the incident.
He said: "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. The passenger beside the driver and Joshua died on the spot."
Lanre Ogunlowo, commissioner of Ogun State Police, has said that Joshua was taken to hospital to deal with his injuries from the crash. Police sources have also confirmed to the BBC that while he was taken to hospital, Joshua is 'fine'.
Shortly following the crash, he was shown sitting in an emergency vehicle speaking to police following the incident.
The boxer posted on his Instagram account four hours ago playing table tennis with Kevin Ayodele.
Joshua is the son of British-Nigerian parents, having said in the past: "I’m proudly Nigerian and proudly British."
Joshua was set to fight in Riyadh in February after his convincing knock-out of Jake Paul earlier this month, having also called out Tyson Fury in the aftermath of the fight.
The boxer knocked out Paul in the sixth round of the mega-fight streamed on Netflix.
Joshua split a whopping £137 million with Paul, whose jaw he broke in the fight.
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