Hours before the crash, at roughly 08:30 GMT (09:30 local time), Joshua posted a video to his Instagram of him playing table tennis with another man.
The former heavyweight world champion had been spending time in Nigeria following his recent fight with Jake Paul on 19 December – but we don’t know exactly where or when the table tennis video was taken.
Joshua’s vehicle collided with stationary truck – local media
As we’ve been reporting, authorities in Nigeria say Anthony Joshua has been involved in a car accident in which two other people have been killed.
Pictures of the heavyweight boxer sitting topless at the back of a car, surrounded by what appears to be broken glass, have been posted online.
According to local media, Joshua was in the back of a vehicle when it collided with a stationary truck.
The accident reportedly took place on the busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Monday morning.
In social media videos from the site of the accident, the 36-year-old can be seen grimacing as he attempts to exit the car wreckage.
Two vehicles involved in crash, witness tells Nigerian media
Eyewitness Adeniyi Orojo tells Nigerian newspaper The Punch that a Lexus and Pajero were involved in the crash.
“Joshua was seated behind the driver, with another person beside him,” he tells the newspaper.
“There was also a passenger sitting beside the driver, making four occupants in the Lexus that crashed. His security detail was in the vehicle behind them before the crash.”
Two people dead, with Joshua taken to hospital – police
We’ve just had a statement from the Ogun State Police Command, which confirms two people died in the crash which also injured Anthony Joshua.
Joshua and other injured people have been taken to “an undisclosed hospital”.
Anthony Joshua injured in car crash in Nigeria – two others reportedly dead
Nigerian authorities say British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua has been involved in a car crash on the Ogun–Lagos state expressway.
The 36-year-old has family roots in Sagamu, a town in Ogun State, south-west Nigeria.
Police confirm to the news media that Joshua had minor injuries but is “fine”.
Photos and videos online show what appears to be a damaged car.
Local media reports say two people died in the crash.
