Anthony Joshua Involved in Fatal Car Accident in Nigeria: Two Dead
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According to reports from Punch, former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was involved in a fatal road accident in Nigeria on Monday, December 29, 2025. Two people were reported dead at the scene.
The accident occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Makun, Ogun State, when the Lexus SUV carrying the boxer collided with a stationary truck.
Eyewitness Adeniyi Orojo, who participated in the rescue operation, provided chilling details of the crash:
“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.
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 one sitting next to Joshua died on the spot,” Orojo said.
Reports indicate that Anthony Joshua sustained only minor injuries but appeared visibly shaken at the scene. The 36-year-old boxer was in Nigeria on holiday following his 6th-round knockout victory over Jake Paul in Miami on December 19.