Anthony Joshua released from hospital after major car crash

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/joshua-anthony/WnlqLAvo/"]Joshua[/a] was travelling on Monday with friends Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele on a busy highway linking Lagos and Ibadan in the southwest of the country when their SUV rammed into a stationary truck. He suffered minor injuries, according to the Nigerian police.[/p][p]Preliminary investigations showed the vehicle was moving at excessive speed and had burst a tyre before the crash, said the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) in Ogun state, where the accident occurred.[/p][p][b]"Anthony Joshua was discharged from hospital late this afternoon"[/b], spokesmen for Lagos and Ogun state governments said in a joint statement late Wednesday night.[/p][p][b]"Though heavy-hearted and full of emotion over the loss of his two close friends, he was deemed clinically fit to recuperate at home,"[/b] Lagos state's spokesman Gbenga Omotoso and his Ogun counterpart Kayode Akinmade said.[/p][embed guid="7c868764-d5cd-48e9-a393-e8ec14697c76" url="https://x.com/MatchroomBoxing/status/2005742955370557893" social-type="twitter" /][p]Both state governments have been overseeing the two-time heavyweight boxing world champion's treatment since the crash on Monday.[/p][p]After leaving the hospital, Joshua and his mother paid their respects at the funeral home where the bodies of his friends were "being prepared for repatriation", the statement said.[/p][p]Nigerian police said the two victims died at the scene.[/p][h2]Mangled wreckage[/h2][p]Ghami was Joshua's longtime strength and conditioning coach, while Ayodele was his personal trainer, according to British media.[/p][p]A Nigerian newspaper, The Guardian, cited a senior police officer who said the driver of the car had also been discharged from the hospital and was being questioned by police.[/p][p]The newspaper added that the driver "could be prosecuted for reckless driving", but gave no further details.[/p][p]Joshua, 36, was admitted to Lagos's Lagoon Hospital, the joint statement said, contradicting earlier information by a TRACE official who gave the name of a different hospital.[/p][p]The boxer, a British national whose family hails from southwest Nigeria, is known to visit the area when he is in the country.[/p][p]Lagos, Nigeria's bustling economic capital, throngs with visitors from across the country and diaspora each December.[/p][p]Photos released by the police showed the mangled wreckage of a black sports utility vehicle.[/p][p]In December, Joshua knocked out YouTuber-turned-boxer [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paul-jake/6XLCxtih/"]Jake Paul[/a] in a Netflix-backed bout in Miami.[/p][p]The former Olympic champion Joshua has since been linked with a fight against compatriot and fellow former world champion [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fury-tyson/MDZyQvA1/"]Tyson Fury[/a].[/p][p]Joshua's last fight before the match with Paul was a fifth-round knockout loss to fellow Briton [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dubois-daniel/G0otNoYd/"]Daniel Dubois[/a] in September 2024.[/p]