British skilled boxer Anthony Joshua suffered minor accidents in a automotive crash in Nigeria on Monday that left two different passengers useless, in line with authorities.
The crash occurred round 11 a.m. native time alongside the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, native officers mentioned. It comes simply days after Joshua’s extremely publicized heavyweight victory over YouTube star Jake Paul in Miami on Dec. 19.
The Ogun State Police Command wrote in a statement that Joshua was seated within the rear of a Lexus SUV on the time of the crash and acquired medical consideration for minor accidents. Two different passengers died on the scene. The standing of the driving force is unclear.
The Federal Highway Security Corps additionally said in a statement that the Lexus jeep was dashing “past the legally prescribed pace restrict” when it crashed right into a stationary truck.
In a separate X submit, Gbenga Omotoso, the Lagos State Commissioner for Data and Technique, shared a photo of the crash and famous that ambulances had been known as to the scene. Within the picture, Joshua could possibly be seen standing on the crash website.
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Eyewitness Adeniyi Orojo instructed native outlet The Punch that the passenger seated subsequent to the driving force and the one that was sitting beside Joshua each died on the scene.
The Punch additionally shared a picture of Joshua sitting within the broken automobile in addition to a video of the previous two-time heavyweight champion rising from the SUV on the crash website.
BBC reported that one in all Joshua’s kinfolk mentioned the boxer was touring from Lagos to his household’s house on the time of the accident.
On Monday morning, Jake Paul shared his ideas concerning the tragedy in an X post.
“Life is way more vital than boxing. I’m praying for the misplaced lives, AJ and anybody impacted by at the moment’s unlucky accident,” he wrote.
Following the crash, Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, instructed the Daily Mail, “We try to contact Anthony and within the meantime we don’t wish to speculate on how he’s however fortunately he seems OK from what I’ve seen within the pictures.”
Hearn added, “We’re awaiting extra data on what has occurred and can replace in the end.”
HuffPost has reached out to Hearn for remark, in addition to the Federal Highway Security Corps and the Ogun State Police Command for extra particulars concerning the crash.
Officers say the accident is beneath investigation.
