As the world continues to grapple with the harsh realities that trailed Monday’s accident involving former World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua, attention has been shifted to the two gentlemen who lost their lives in the accident.

Below are fresh facts on the two crew members who passed on in a fatal accident that occurred along the busy Lagos–Ibadan Expressway, within the Makun axis of Ogun State.

1. The two people who died in the Anthony Joshua crash, Latz and Sina Evovle, were coaches and close friends of his.
2. Sina Evovle was Anthony Joshua’s strength & conditioning coach. Sina was seen preparing him for his Jake Paul fight 2 weeks ago. He was full of life and excited when the crew landed at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, in the early hours of Monday. He was seen posting videos of their arrival, and the social media is awash with his last post after he passed on a few hours later

3, Latif, aka “Latz” / “Healthy_Mindset” on Instagram, was a close friend, AJ’s personal trainer. Latif was a physical trainer and a devoted muslim with over 11.6k subscribers on Instagram.

Although Latif’s nationalities is still sketchy as at the time of filling this report, Sina was originally from Syria even though it is not yet confirmed if both men were carrying a British passport before their death. Tributes continued to pour in for both men on all social media handles, with Latif’s Instagram page filled with hundreds of condolence messages from fellow Muslim brothers.

The boxing champion, 36, was on his way to see family when the Lexus SUV he was travelling in the back of smashed into a stationary truck shortly after 11am today on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Makun. Images of the SUV’s crumpled wreckage were released by Nigerian officials, while a Mitsubishi believed to be part of Joshua’s convoy sat undamaged just yards away.

Meanwhile, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun Sector Command, has identified over-speeding and wrongful overtaking as the cause of the crash.

According to a statement by the FRSC, the accident involved five persons, with one injured, two unhurt and two others killed.

The statement explained that the driver of the Lexus was over-speeding and wrongfully overtook from the right hand side, thereby ramming into the stationary vehicle.

It added that Anthony Joshua was rushed to an undisclosed hospital by the security officers attached to him and the bodies of the deceased deposited at Livewell Hospital Morgue, Sagamu.

The statement read: “An Auto crash occured today 29h December 2025 involving two vehicles along Lagos-Ibadan expressway at SINOMA.

“Sagamu unit of FRSC rescue team were at the scene as soon as they were informed.

“Five people were involved, one was injured, two were unhurt while two were killed in the crash.

“The cause of the crash was due to over-speeding and wrongful overtaking by the drive who overtook from the right hand side thereby ramming into a stationary vehicle.”