The Ogun state police command has said that a tyre burst caused the road accident involving world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua.
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. Providing an update on the incident in an interview with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA”, on Tuesday, spokesperson of the Ogun state police command, Oluseyi Babaseyi, said the accident was caused by a tyre burst.
The boxing champion and three other passengers were said to be travelling from Lagos to Sagamu when the SUV they were travelling in, collided with a stationary truck. Joshua survived the incident with minor injuries, unfortunately his close associates — Kevin Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami — died on the spot.
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.
