Anthony Joshua 'Couldn't Talk' After Deadly Car Crash: 'I Feel Pain All Over My Body'

Anthony Joshua is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Nigeria following a fatal car crash that killed two of his friends. According to reports, the boxer has “searing pain" in his knees but suffered no fractures as he was pulled out from the wreckage after the car he was travelling in collided with a stationary truck on the notorious Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

“I feel pain all over my body," the 36-year-old was quoted as saying by The Sun.

Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud bang, and Joshua being “visibly shaken" following the accident which they initially mistook for a tyre burst.

“He (Joshua) was shocked, he couldn’t talk," Ajala Yusuf Oluwaseyi was quoted as saying by Sky News.

Another eyewitness told Nigeria’s Vanguard that they initially thought it was a bomb blast.

“At first, we thought it was another bomb blast," they said. “When we realised it was an accident, people rushed down. Some people started videoing the scene, while others opened the doors to see if they could rescue anyone."