A video shared by the local news outlet Punch appeared to show Joshua sitting in the back left seat of a damaged car. A second video showed him walking slowly and getting into a police vehicle.<\/p>\n
An official spokesman for Joshua said: \u201cIt is with the deepest and most profound sadness that we confirm, following a road traffic accident in Lagos, Nigeria earlier today, the death of Sina Ghami and Kevin \u2018Lateef\u2019 Ayodele. Both were close friends and integral members of Anthony\u2019s team.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe respectfully ask that space and privacy be given to the families at this time while they process this truly shocking and devastating news. Anthony sustained injuries in the accident and was taken to hospital for checks and treatment, he is in a stable condition and will remain there for observation.\u201d<\/p>\n
A joint statement issued by the governments of Ogun and Lagos read: \u201cAnthony Joshua and another passenger were immediately evacuated to a specialised medical facility in Lagos.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing comprehensive clinical assessments, doctors have confirmed that both patients are stable and do not require any emergency medical intervention at this time.<\/p>\n
\u201cA full medical team has been assembled and will continue to monitor them closely. Anthony Joshua is conscious and has been in communication with his family.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Governments of Ogun and Lagos States are closely monitoring the situation and will ensure that the affected persons receive the best possible medical care.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigations into the circumstances surrounding the accident have also commenced.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Nigeria posted several pictures of the crash scene on X, revealing preliminary findings suggested a Lexus SUV \u201cwas suspected to be travelling beyond the legally prescribed speed limit\u201d.<\/p>\n
The FRSC added the vehicle lost control during \u201can overtaking manoeuvre\u201d and crashed into a stationary truck by the side of the road.<\/p>\n
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The scene of the road incident in Ogun, Nigeria. Photograph: Emmanuel Adegboye\/EPA <\/p>\n
Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu offered his condolences, stating: \u201cI have spoken with AJ to personally convey my condolences over the passing of his two close associates in the recent accident. I wished him a full and speedy recovery and prayed with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following a 15-month boxing lay-off, Joshua broke YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul\u2019s jaw in two places on his way to victory in a contest broadcast by Netflix, drawing a global audience of 33 million viewers.<\/p>\n
Paul sent the 36-year-old a message of support on social media. \u201cLife is much more important than boxing. I am praying for the lost lives, AJ and anyone impacted by today\u2019s unfortunate accident,\u201d he wrote said on X.<\/p>\n
After the win on December 19th, his 29th victory in 33 professional contests, Joshua called out British rival Tyson Fury, who is currently retired, for a long-awaited bout in 2026. \u2013 Additional reporting by the Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British boxer Anthony Joshua is \u201cstable\u201d and recovering in hospital after a vehicle he was travelling in crashed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5129,4532,112826,24457,9272,42,38405,107039,43,21913,8519,40,38,41,39,112827,85416],"class_list":{"0":"post-217323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-accident","9":"tag-anthony","10":"tag-boxer","11":"tag-car","12":"tag-crash","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-injuries","15":"tag-joshua","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-nigeria","18":"tag-police","19":"tag-top-news","20":"tag-top-stories","21":"tag-topnews","22":"tag-topstories","23":"tag-transport-accident","24":"tag-truck"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}