The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun Sector Command, has identified over-speeding and wrongful overtaking as the cause of the crash that saw Anthony Joshua [AJ] injured.

A video captured the moment Nigerian-born British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua [AJ] was rescued after a fatal accident along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway.

Reports in Nigeria states the police confirmed that two people, close friends of the boxer lost their lives in the accident while he [AJ] sustained injuries.

Anthony Joshua has family roots in Sagamu, Ogun State, where he occasionally spends his holidays.

Just look at the terrible state of Nigeria.

After a major accident reportedly involving Anthony Joshua, where two lives were lost, there was no visible emergency response; no ambulance, no proper medical care. Instead, he was made to sit upright in the front of a police van… pic.twitter.com/pQKoJzbJYv

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