World heavyweight British boxer Anthony Joshua has been injured this Monday morning in a car crash claiming two lives killed in Nigeria’s Ogun State, his birthplace.
Joshua sat in the back of the Lexus SUV when it collided with a stationary truck.
The accident reportedly took place on the busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday morning.
Local police tell the BBC that Joshua has been taken to hospital – they earlier said he suffered minor injuries but is “fine.”
The 36-year-old heavyweight has family roots in Sagamu, a town in Ogun State, Nigeria.
Hours before the crash, at roughly 08:30 GMT (09:30 local time), Joshua posted a video to his Instagram of him playing table tennis with another man.
The former heavyweight world champion had been spending time in Nigeria following his recent fight with Jake Paul on 19 December – but we don’t know exactly where or when the table tennis video was taken.
Pictures of the heavyweight boxer sitting topless at the back of a car, surrounded by what appears to be broken glass, have been posted online.
In social media videos from the site of the accident, the 36-year-old can be seen grimacing as he attempted to exit the car wreckage.
