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Anthony Joshua stable after Nigeria car crash - as tributes paid to 'inspirational' friend
The crash on Lagos–Ibadan Expressway killed two team members; Anthony Joshua remains stable in hospital as investigations cite excessive speed and overtaking as probable causes.
- On Monday, Anthony Joshua was hospitalised after a crash on the Lagos‑Ibadan Expressway near Makun around 11am, with team members Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele killed.
- The Federal Road Safety Corps said preliminary probes point to excessive speed and a failed overtaking manoeuvre, suspecting the Lexus lost control and hit a stationary red commercial Sinotruck, while Ogun state investigators examine a witness dispute.
- Footage on social media shows Joshua being helped from the wreckage and loaded into an emergency vehicle as Lagos officials dispatched ambulances and people gathered at the scene, FRSC photos showed a badly damaged Lexus and blood on the road.
- Tributes poured in from the boxing community, including Tyson Fury who posted 'This is so sad may god give them a good bed in heaven', while Matchroom and Eddie Hearn mourned the integral team members.
- Joshua's December 19 knockout of Jake Paul preceded this trip to Nigeria, where he has family roots in southwest Nigeria and briefly attended Ikenne boarding school at age 11.
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