The police command in Ogun says a tyre burst caused the road
accident involving Anthony Joshua, the world heavyweight boxing champion.
On Monday, the Lexus Jeep conveying Joshua and two members
of the team crashed into a stationary truck around the Sinoma area near the
Sagamu, Ogun state.
The boxing champion and three other passengers were
reportedly travelling from Lagos to Sagamu when the SUV they were in collided
with a stationary truck
While Joshua survived the incident with minor injuries, his
close associates — Kevin Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami — died.
Ghami was Joshua’s long-time friend and his strength and
conditioning coach, while Latif served as his personal trainer.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had said its
preliminary findings show that excessive speed and wrongful overtaking were the
cause of the motor accident.
FRSC said Joshua’s SUV was “travelling beyond the legally
prescribed speed limit on the corridor” and “lost control during an overtaking
manoeuvre” leading to the accident.
“The primary causes of the crash, being excessive speed and
wrongful overtaking, constitute serious traffic violations and remain among the
leading causes of fatal road crashes on Nigerian highways,” the agency had
said.
Providing an update on the incident, Oluseyi Babaseyi, the
Ogun state police spokesperson, said the accident was caused by a tyre burst.
Babaseyi spoke on Tuesday in an interview with the Nigerian
Television Authority (NTA).
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