World heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua narrowly escaped death on Monday after he was involved in a road accident along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, in the Makun area of Ogun State.
Eyewitnesses said the crash occurred at about 11:00 a.m., shortly before Danco Filling Station, Makun, inward the Sagamu Interchange on the Ibadan axis of the expressway.
Joshua was reportedly travelling in a Lexus SUV with registration number KRD 850 HN, which collided with a stationary truck under circumstances yet to be fully determined. The Lexus was said to be part of a two-vehicle convoy, accompanied by a Pajero SUV conveying his security detail.
According to an eyewitness, there were four occupants in the Lexus at the time of the accident, with Joshua seated behind the driver. While the boxer reportedly sustained minor injuries, two occupants of the vehicle were said to have died on the spot.
“It was a serious crash. Joshua was sitting behind the driver with another passenger beside him, while one person was also seated beside the driver. His security team was in the vehicle behind. Immediately after the accident, we mobilised to rescue the victims and flagged down vehicles for help before FRSC officials arrived,” the eyewitness said.
Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) arrived shortly after the incident to manage traffic and evacuate victims.
Confirming the crash, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Babaseyi Oluseyi, alongside the FRSC spokesperson, Afolabi Odunsi, said investigations were ongoing, adding that further details would be made public in due course.
