British former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua ⁠has been involved in ​a car accident ‍in Nigeria’s Ogun State that killed ‍two ⁠people, local police said.

Joshua, 36, sustained minor injuries when ​his ‌car collided with another vehicle on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ogun State Police ‌Command said on Monday.

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They are ‌investigating the ⁠cause of the accident.

Joshua could not immediately ‌be reached for comment.

Witness Adeniyi Orojo told the Nigerian newspaper The Punch that Joshua was travelling in a Lexus that collided with a stationary vehicle.

“Joshua was seated behind the driver, with another person beside him,” he told the newspaper.

“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.”

He added: “The passenger beside the driver and the person beside Joshua died on the spot.”

The British boxer had been spending time in Nigeria following his fight with YouTuber-turned-fighter Jake Paul on December 19, which Joshua won by sixth-round knockout.

More to follow.