Police Arrest Driver In Anthony Joshua Crash

ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested the driver who drove the Lexus SUV involved in the road accident that injured world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Oluwa­femi Joshua and killed two occupants.

In a brief statement issued on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Of­ficer, Boluwatife Babaseyi, disclosed that the driver is currently in police custody as investigations into the circumstances surround­ing the crash continue.

“The driver of the Lexus SUV is currently in custo­dy in connection with the Anthony Joshua accident case. Investigations are on­going,” the statement reads.

The accident, which oc­curred earlier this week along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, sent shock­waves across the country and beyond, given Joshua’s global profile in profession­al boxing.

While the boxer survived the incident and was dis­charged from hospital on Wednesday, the crash trag­ically claimed the lives of two of his close friends who were traveling with him at the time.

Their remains were re­patriated back to the UK on Wednesday.

Eyewitness accounts and preliminary reports indi­cate that the vehicle was involved in a high-impact collision, leaving two of the occupants dead on the spot.

Police authorities have assured the public that a thorough and transparent investigation will be con­ducted to determine the cause of the accident.