British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua sustained minor accidents on Monday in a deadly freeway crash in Nigeria, regional officers stated. Native media stated two different folks had been killed within the accident.
The 2-time world heavyweight champion, who beat YouTube persona Jake Paul by knockout in a non-title bout simply over per week in the past in Miami, was in a car concerned in a crash and was taken to a neighborhood hospital, Ogun Police consultant Lanre Ogunlowo confirmed to CBS Information.
“The car conveying Anthony Joshua, a Lexus SUV, was concerned within the accident beneath circumstances which might be presently being investigated. He was seated within the rear of the car, sustained minor accidents and (is) receiving medical consideration,” Lagos police spokesperson Oluseyi Babaseyi stated later in an announcement.
Gbenga Omotoso, a consultant of the Lagos state authorities, stated in a social media submit that it was a lethal accident.
Joshua was concerned in a “deadly crash simply earlier than Sagamu Alternate on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,” Omotoso stated in his submit on X, including that state authorities had despatched medical personnel to reply.
Photographs printed by Nigerian outlet Punch Newspapers, which stated two folks had been killed within the wreck, confirmed Joshua sitting within the again seat of a automotive with no shirt on, seemingly alert and with out critical seen accidents, however with damaged glass round him after the crash.
Punch stated the crash occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway when the automotive he was driving in collided with a truck.
Joshua was born in Britain to Nigerian mother and father and infrequently visits the African nation.
CBS Information’ Delphine Reau in London contributed to this report.
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