Anthony Joshua came close to tragedy. This Monday, the boxer was involved in a road accident in Nigeria. Slightly injured according to several media, the Briton was luckier than two other occupants of the vehicle who died following the crash.
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According to several local newspapers relayed by the Daily Mail, Anthony Joshua was in the back of a Lexus Jeep when it hit a parked truck on the Lagos-Ibadan highway near Makun. Footage shows the boxing star, who recently fought against influencer Jake Paul, shirtless in the back of the vehicle. He is then seen in the front of an emergency vehicle.
“He seems to be okay”
Contacted by the British media, Joshua’s manager, Eddie Hearn, did not want to give any news on his state of health. “I am on vacation with my family and I heard the news of this incident when I woke up,” he explained. We are trying to contact Anthony and in the meantime we don’t want to speculate on his condition, but luckily he appears to be fine from what I have seen in the footage. We are awaiting more information on what happened. »
“It was a convoy of two vehicles: a Lexus SUV and a Pajero SUV. Joshua was seated behind the driver, with another person next to him, a witness told the Punch media outlet. There was also a passenger sitting next to the driver, making four occupants in the Lexus that crashed. We started rescue and signaled oncoming vehicles to stop to help us. A few minutes after the accident, agents of the Federal Road Safety Corps arrived. The passengers sitting next to the driver and Joshua died instantly. »
