Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/12/29/british-boxer-anthony-joshua-injured-in-deadly-car-crash-in-nigeria

British former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua ⁠has been involved in ​a car accident ‍in Nigeria’s Ogun State that killed ‍two ⁠people, local police say.

Joshua, 36, sustained minor injuries when ​the ‌car he was travelling in collided with another vehicle on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday, local police said.

“The vehicle conveying Anthony Joshua, a Lexus SUV, was involved in the accident under circumstances that are currently being investigated,” police spokesperson for Ogun State, Oluseyi Babaseyi, said in a statement.

“He was seated in the rear of the vehicle, sustained minor injuries and [is] receiving medical attention.”

Joshua could not immediately be reached for comment.

Photos on social media purported to show the boxer being extricated from a wrecked vehicle while he was wincing in pain.

The accident occurred on a major thoroughfare linking Ogun State, a nearby city, to Lagos, the country’s economic centre.

According to a statement by Olusegun Ogungbemide, spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps, preliminary investigations indicate the vehicle was “travelling beyond the legally prescribed speed limit on the corridor, lost control during an overtaking manoeuvre” and crashed into a stationary truck parked by the side of the road.