'Burst tyre' led to fatal crash which injured Joshua

A Nigerian traffic compliance agency said on Dec 30 preliminary investigations showed that the car involved in an accident in which former world boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua survived had a burst tyre before hitting a stationary truck.

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The British boxer was in a “stable condition” in hospital after the car accident that killed two close associates, his promoter said on Dec 29.

Joshua, 36, was admitted to Lagos’ Duchess International Hospital, according to the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency in Ogun state, where the accident occurred.

The smash happened on the morning of Dec 29 on a main road linking the commercial capital Lagos and Ibadan in the southwest of the country.

The agency’s spokesman Babatunde Akinbiyi told AFP that “from the preliminary investigation that was conducted, definitely there was overspeeding on the part of the SUV Anthony Joshua was travelling in”.

“In the course of that, the front tyre on the passenger side burst,” he said.

“That led to loss of control before the vehicle now swerved and rammed into the stationary truck that was parked. There was excessive speed...”