Anthony Joshua car crash witness describes harrowing scene where two died ‘on the spot’

An eyewitness to the deadly car crash in Nigeria that injured heavyweight boxing star Anthony Joshua on Monday described the harrowing scene that killed two passengers “on the spot.”

Joshua, 36, was hospitalized after a car he was in the back seat of had a tire burst on a highway, causing the driver to lose control and hit a stationary truck.

“It was a two-vehicle convoy: a Lexus SUV and a Pajero SUV. Joshua was seated behind the driver, with another person beside him. A passenger sat beside the driver, making four occupants in the Lexus that crashed,” the witness, Adeniyi Orojo, told Nigeria’s Punch newspaper.

“Other eyewitnesses and I began the rescue and flagged down oncoming vehicles for help. Minutes after the crash, Federal Road Safety Corps officials arrived. The passenger beside the driver and the person beside Joshua died on the spot.”

Joshua’s security team was in a vehicle behind the one that crashed, Orojo said.

An Ogun State police spokesperson, Babaseyi Oluseyi, confirmed to the outlet that Joshua, whose parents are British Nigerians, was injured and hospitalized.

Photos and video from the scene show Joshua shirtless and wincing in pain after the crash.

Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps said the Lexus was “suspected to be travelling beyond the legally prescribed speed limit” before the crash.

Joshua (29-4) just fought Jake Paul in Miami on Dec. 19 in a bout that streamed on Netflix, knocking out the YouTuber-turned-boxer in the sixth round and breaking his jaw in multiple places.

A two-time unified heavyweight champion, Joshua was 22-0 before losing to Andy Ruiz Jr. at Madison Square Garden on June 1, 2019.

He regained the title and got revenge against Ruiz Jr. in Riyadh six months later.

Joshua lost twice to Oleksandr Usyk in 2021 and ’22, respectively, and lost to Daniel Dubois in his last fight before facing Paul.