Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Anthony Joshua, a British heavyweight boxing champion, sustained injuries Monday in a car crash that killed two others in Nigeria, local authorities said.
Babaseyi Boluwatife, an Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, told CNN that Joshua incurred "minor bruises" in the crash around 11 a.m. (5 a.m. EST) on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The highway connects Ogun State to the city of Lagos.
Nigerian media outlet Punch Newspapers reported the vehicle Joshua was in collided with a truck.
"The vehicle conveying Anthony Joshua, a Lexus SUV, was involved in the accident under circumstances that are currently being investigated," Oluseyi Babaseyi, a spokesperson for Lagos police, told CBS News.
"He was seated in the rear of the vehicle, sustained minor injuries and (is) receiving medical attention."
