British professional boxer Anthony Joshua discharged from hospital

Anthony Joshua

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has been discharged from hospital, state officials said on Wednesday, after surviving a car accident in Nigeria that killed two of his friends.

"Anthony Joshua was discharged from hospital this afternoon. Though heavy hearted and full of emotion over the loss of his two close friends, he was deemed clinically fit to recuperate at home," spokesmen for Lagos and Ogun state governments said in a joint statement.

Joshua was travelling on Monday with Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele on a highway linking Lagos and Ibadan when their SUV rammed a stationary truck. After leaving the hospital on Wednesday, Joshua and his mother paid their respects at the funeral home where the bodies of his friends were being prepared for repatriation.

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