Footage has surfaced of British boxer Anthony Joshua being rescued from the wreckage of a deadly automobile crash. The former heavyweight boxing champion, 36, sustained minor accidents in an accident in southwestern Nigeria that resulted within the deaths of two individuals, authorities confirmed to CNNMonday.
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The incident occurred alongside the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway close to the Sagamu Interchange in Ogun State, a notoriously busy stretch of street continuously cited by native media as one of many nation’s most harmful. According to Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps, the Lexus SUV Joshua was touring in collided with a stationary truck throughout an overtaking maneuver and was suspected of exceeding the pace restrict.
CNN experiences that 5 grownup males have been within the car on the time of the crash. Two occupants have been killed, whereas Joshua was rescued alive and handled for bruises. Two extra have been unharmed.
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“Anthony Joshua is properly and responding to therapy,” Ogun State Police Command spokesperson Babaseyi Boluwatife informed the outlet, describing the boxer’s accidents as non-life-threatening.
Images and movies are circulating on social media displaying in depth injury to the car and Joshua being assisted out of it in ache.
BBC reports {that a} relative of the boxer spoke out on situation of anonymity, and mentioned the information got here as a “shock” to the household.
“We are hoping for his speedy restoration and likewise the individuals who handed away — I pray for the departed to relaxation in peace,” the relative mentioned, including that Joshua had been touring from Lagos to the household residence forward of the New Year.
