I Feel Pain All Over After Auto Crash -Anthony Joshua Cries Out

Anthony Joshua cried out ‘I feel pain all over’ after the high-speed car crash that left his two friends dead.

The two-time heavyweight world champion was a passenger in a black Lexus when it ploughed into a stationary truck on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Makun, Nigeria.

The deaths of two of his long-term friends – Sina Ghami and Kevin Latif Ayodele – were confirmed on Monday night, while the vehicle’s other two passengers miraculously escaped with their lives.

Sources close to Joshua now say he is set to remain in hospital for New Year’s Eve and at least a couple more days. Insiders have also described his cries of pain as he was extracted from the car’s wreckage.

Footage taken at the roadside had showed the boxer grimacing in agony before being moved into a police cruiser.

After the fatal road collision, Joshua was rushed to the Duchess International Hospital in Lagos, which has been rated the best private hospital in Nigeria for the past two years.

Local police told Daily Mail Sport that Joshua is ‘stable’ and suffered only ‘minor’ injuries, although there are fears they could be more severe than publicised.

Sources now say that Joshua is set to remain in hospital for at least a couple more days while he continues to recuperate.

Police investigators have confirmed the car crash was caused by a tyre blowout after Joshua’s Lexus ‘lost control’.

According to report, traffic police believe the car was travelling over the 50mph speed limit and lost control during ‘an overtaking manoeuvre’ on what locals have claimed is one of Nigeria’s deadliest roads.

Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Commander of Nigeria’s Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (Trace), reported that the vehicle had ‘experienced a tyre burst because of excessive speed’.