Nigerian police charge Anthony Joshua's driver over fatal crash
Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was charged with reckless and dangerous driving.
The driver of a car carrying boxer Anthony Joshua that was involved in a fatal crash in Nigeria has been charged with reckless and dangerous driving, police in Nigeria's southwestern Ogun state said on Friday.
Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, 46, was driving the boxer and two of his friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, on a busy highway linking Lagos and Ibadan in southwest Nigeria when the Lexus SUV in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck on Monday.
"The defendant was granted bail in the sum of five million naira ($3,480) with two sureties. He was remanded pending when he meets his bail condition," police spokesman Oluseyi Babaseyi told AFP.
Preliminary investigations showed the vehicle was moving at excessive speed and had burst a tyre before the crash, according to the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) in Ogun state, where the accident occurred.
Joshua was discharged from hospital, state officials said Wednesday.
After leaving the hospital, Joshua and his mother paid their respects at the funeral home where the bodies of his friends were "being prepared for repatriation", the officials added.