BREAKING: Two Feared Dead as Anthony Joshua’s SUV Collides With Truck in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Two persons have been reported dead as Lexus Jeep conveying two-time former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua, on Monday involved in a road accident in Makun, Ogun State, South-West Nigeria.

BIGPEN NIGERIA (https://bigpenngr.com) reports Joshua came out with minor injuries but two people reportedly died in the accident which occurred along a busy highway of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway around past 11am today, Monday, December 29, 2025.

According to eyewitnesses account, the vehicle carrying Joshua, a Lexus Jeep with the number plate, KRD 850 HN, reportedly collided with a stationary truck under circumstances that are still being investigated.

The stationary truck involved in the crash |

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Nigerian PUNCH newspaper, report that said Joshua sustained minor injuries, saying that two people died on the spot.

The newspaper reporter, Adeniyi Orojo who was also part of the rescue mission, stated that the accident happened just before Danco Filling Station in Makun, before Sagamu Interchange inward Ibadan axis of the road.

He stated that two people died on the spot.

“It was a two-vehicle convoy: a Lexus SUV and a Pajero SUV. Joshua was seated behind the driver, with another person beside him. 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.

“Other eyewitnesses and I began the rescue and flagged down oncoming vehicles to assist. A few minutes after the crash, officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps arrived. The passenger beside the driver and Joshua died on the spot,” he said.

Fans have flooded social media with messages of concern, while local authorities continue to investigate the cause of the crash.

Efforts to reach the TRACE Commandant, Akinbiyi Babatunde on further updates about the crash were futile as calls placed to his line did not go through.