Popular Nigerian-British boxer Anthony Joshua has narrowly escaped death following a road accident in Ogun State.
The incident reportedly occurred on Monday morning along the busy Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, near the Makun axis. Sources disclosed that a Lexus SUV conveying the boxer collided with a stationary truck on the highway.
While two occupants were said to have died on the spot, Joshua, fondly known as AJ, reportedly sustained only minor injuries.
However, according to an eye witness; “It was a two-vehicle convoy: a Lexus SUV and a Pajero SUV. Joshua was seated behind the driver, with another person beside him.”
“There was also a passenger sitting beside the driver, making four occupants in the Lexus that crashed. His security detail was in the vehicle behind them before the crash.
“Other eyewitnesses and I began the rescue and flagged down oncoming vehicles to assist. A few minutes after the crash, officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps arrived. The passenger beside the driver and the person beside Joshua died on the spot. “
