According to the source, investigators are finalising documentation for the Nigeria Police Motor Traffic Division, which is working with prosecutors to determine appropriate charges, as it emerged the boxer has suffered a fractured leg.
The driver involved in the fatal road crash that injured Anthony Joshua could be prosecuted for reckless driving, it has been claimed. According to reports in Nigeria, a highly-placed source disclosed that findings by the Federal Road Safety Corps showed the former heavyweight world champ’s vehicle was driven at excessive speed and involved in wrongful overtaking—offences regarded as serious breaches of traffic regulations and grounds for criminal liability when deaths occur.
According to the source, investigators are finalising documentation for the Nigeria Police Motor Traffic Division, which is working with prosecutors to determine appropriate charges. Prosecution for dangerous or reckless driving causing death is said to be under consideration.
The source also confirmed that Joshua sustained a fracture in one of his legs during the crash.
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Although authorities are yet to make a formal public statement, the incident has renewed public debate on road safety and accountability on Nigerian highways. The accident occurred on Monday along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and claimed the lives of two of Joshua’s close friends and team members.
The update comes as his family say the sportsman is “responding to treatment” after Sunday’s fatal crash.
Joshua, 36, is expected to remain at the Duchess International Hospital, where his condition is described as “stable”, until the New Year.
His mum Yeta Odusanya has been at his bedside, but wider family members have so far not been allowed to visit him inside the private hospital in Lagos.
Joshua reportedly said: “I feel pain all over my body” after the crash, which killed his best friends, Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele, both aged 36.
David Joshua, who is an older brother of Joshua’s dad Robert, said: “We have not been allowed to see him, but from information given by authorities, he is responding to treatment.”
Sina and Latif, who were sitting on the same side of the Lexus, are believed to have died instantly.
It is understood Joshua was seated behind the driver, along with another passenger, when the crash occurred.
