"Heavyweight boxing champ Anthony Joshua was released from a Nigerian hospital New Year's Eve and immediately paid tribute to his trainers who were killed in the highway crash that put him there. Doctors said Joshua was okay to recover at home as authorities pondered charging the driver of the SUV they were riding in Monday when it slammed full speed into a truck stopped in the road."
"The driver, who also survived, could be prosecuted for reckless driving, a police official told Nigerian newspaper The Guardian, according to Agence France-Presse. Ghami and Ayodele were pronounced dead at the scene, Police Commander Babatunde Akinbiyi of Nigeria's Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) told BBC News. The men were two of Joshua's closest friends in addition to being massive parts of the Anthony Joshua machine, boxing expert Steve Bunce told BBC Radio 5 Live."
Anthony Joshua was released from a Nigerian hospital on New Year's Eve and returned home after observation for minor injuries. He paid tribute to his strength and conditioning coach Sina Ghami and trainer Latif Latz Ayodele, who were killed when a tire burst on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the out-of-control Lexus SUV they rode in slammed into a stopped truck. Joshua and his mother visited a Lagos funeral home as preparations began to repatriate the bodies. The driver, who survived, could be prosecuted for reckless driving. Condolences and tributes poured in from boxing figures and officials.
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