The Ogun State police command has said that 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).
