British boxer Anthony Joshua was hurt in a traffic accident in Nigeria on Monday in which two people were killed, according to police.
Joshua, a former two-time heavyweight champion, “has been taken to the hospital and he's responding to treatment,” a spokesman for the Ogun State police command said by phone. A separate statement from the nation's road safety agency said he had sustained minor injuries.
Posts on X show Joshua being helped out of a damaged vehicle from what appeared to be one of the passenger seats.
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The Lexus SUV conveying Joshua was “suspected to traveling beyond the legally prescribed speed limit on the corridor,” the road safety agency said in a statement.
The vehicle “lost control during an overtaking manoeuvre and crashed into a stationary truck” that was parked on the roadside, it added.
The boxer has family roots in Nigeria, according to the BBC.
The accident comes after Joshua defeated social-media-star-turned-boxer Jake Paul earlier this month in a bout in Miami that was streamed live on Netflix to an audience of 33 million.
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