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Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Gotocourt: 3:07pm On Jan 05
Originalsly:
Why is the son talking? Why can't we hear it from the horse's mouth? Can't the father speak for himself? What the son is saying is all "hear say" ... inadmissable in court. I can see the driver being found guilty if this is going to be the basis of his defense. The brake failed .... that can be physically checked out and I want to believe the computer system will show if it really did. The truck illegally parked was stationary.... did not require any visible markings since it was mid day.... very visible from afar. He was overtaking when the accident occured ... does one be on the brake or on the gas when overtaking? One is more likely to be braking before overtaking... to avoid running into the back of the vehicle to be overtaken..... then hit the gas when it is safe to do so. Didn't he notice the brake wasn't working before he stepped on the gas? He's going nowhere with this defence.
The truck illegally parked was stationary....
Which truck huh.
Truck that was off shoulder undecided
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by DrAda(f): 3:08pm On Jan 05
DeepSight:
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I have told you severally that even if it was there for only five minutes, the same thing could happen and you would start blaming the truck when there is no where in the world where such can be evacuated in a nanosecond which is what your comments imply. You imply it should NEVER happen that a truck would be parked on the side of a road when it happens in every country all the time and provisions are even made for that.
What is the bone of contention here please? You seem to be fixated on the duration the truck spent on the road. You acknowledged that stationary cars should be towed but argued that in developed climes, it may not be done instantly which is logical. However the fact still remains that that a stationary car must be towed.

This is Nigeria. That truck must have been there for several days. Why? Because that is the norm here in this country. We have no provisions to alert the appropriate agencies nor the resources to tow one, thus increasing the propensity of fatal road traffic accidents. Last year, we witnessed the cummulative deaths of 6 persons secondary to two vehicles ramming stationary trucks within a few days. Their chances of survival may have increased if the truck was not there

I am inclined to believe that you do understand me but for some reason you have insisted on pursuing this for reasons best known to you. If you get off on being right all the time and abhor contrary opinions, then I advise we end this tete-a-tete because my opinion is unlikely to change
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by DeepSight(m): 3:12pm On Jan 05
DrAda:
What is the bone of contention here please? You seem to be fixated on the duration the truck spent on the road. You acknowledged that stationary cars should be towed but argued that in developed climes, it may not be done instantly which is logical. However the fact still remains that that a stationary car must be towed.

This is Nigeria. That truck must have been there for several days. Why? Because that is the norm here in this country. We have no provisions to alert the appropriate agencies nor the resources to tow one, thus increasing the propensity of fatal road traffic accidents. Last year, we witnessed the cummulative deaths of 6 persons secondary to two vehicles ramming stationary trucks within a few days.

I am inclined to believe that you do understand me but for some reason you have insisted on pursuing this for reasons best known to you. If you get off on being right all the time and abhor contrary opinions, then I advise we end this tete-a-tete because my opinion is unlikely to change
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You misunderstand me. My issue is with you saying that no matter what, the presence of the truck is the cause.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by DrAda(f): 3:14pm On Jan 05
DeepSight:
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You misunderstand me. My issue is with you saying that no matter what, the presence of the truck is the cause.
I never said that. There were many confounding variables and that included the truck. Blaming the driver entirely for the accident was wrong particularly since the govt failed to do its part.

A perfect analogy is blaming a child with foreign body airway obstruction for not chewing properly when the food you gave the child was a meal filled with fish bones
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Oceanjagaban: 3:15pm On Jan 05
Hundreds of people die by accident on our bad nigerian Roads and nothing happens....so why is this one different...make ona no worry,more vips go die make ona mind dey
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by DeepSight(m): 3:16pm On Jan 05
DrAda:
I never said that. There were many confounding variables and that includes the truck. Blaming the driver entirely for the accident was wrong.
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You seemed to at the minimum infer so. Well, i have over flogged it, sorry good doc.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by DrAda(f): 3:18pm On Jan 05
DeepSight:
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You seemed to at the minimum infer so. Well, i have over flogged it, sorry good doc.
I understand. Do take care
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by zumbigbo(m): 3:27pm On Jan 05
Nigeria happened straight from the airport. Money no go insulate you from the madness.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by FreeIgboho: 3:27pm On Jan 05
BAILMONEY:
I want all the non-believers in the pre-destination ie Christians and Idol worshippers to read this post carefully, insha Allah they will learn that whatever happens to us in this world is already destined by the Almighty Allah.




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So where does freewill fit into this?
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by JibolaUsman: 3:31pm On Jan 05
DrAda:
I never said that. There were many confounding variables and that included the truck. Blaming the driver entirely for the accident was wrong particularly since the govt failed to do its part.

A perfect analogy is blaming a child with foreign body airway obstruction for not chewing properly when the food you gave the child was a meal filled with fish bones
The truck had little to do with the accident since it was stationary and off the road. Anyone who is a good driver navigates differently when they spot a truck on the side of the road on the express.

So if I'm driving and I hit someone on the pedestrian side of the road that person is responsible for being close to the road ?

You normally have a full 100 meters to slow down or change lanes. The only time judgement becomes impaired is under the influence of sleep, alcohol, hunger. We should thank God they did not hit someone on a bicycle on the side of the road or someone walking, off the road. And the story just keeps changing they say a tire burst today and tomorrow it's brake failure. One thing is certain the truth will come out.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by bentenny(m): 3:34pm On Jan 05
On a norm,if we really had a proper and effective police system with detectives,that vehicle by now would have been stripped open to find out what happened and to confirm if the brakes were actually at fault!

Secondly,the way and manner AJ was handled by the security and FRSC personnel was totally out of ignorance!
AJ needed every available medical support and an ambulance not putting him into a car not minding whether he may have sustained internal injuries from the accident!

Overall,this whole scenario once again exposes the failure of several critical institutions in Nigeria and how it has become so terrible that it has exposed Nigeria to external shame!
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by poiZon: 3:38pm On Jan 05
symbianDON:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/01/drivers-decision-that-saved-anthony-joshuas-life-lawyer-son/
The way these westerners lie eh...

Before they said na tire burst, now na brake fail...

When i first heard tire burst, i said if tire burst with such speed, the car go don capsize...

And I'm being proven right with this plenty talks...

For goodness sake u were over speeding n u overtake on a wrong lane, before you could realise it, truck deh ur front, u jam am.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by DeGLORIOUS: 3:44pm On Jan 05
You mean am? grin and a don swallow that news like fufu grin
otipoju:
AJ retirement na AI generated.

If you don't get certain news from credible outlets...just ignore.

Na so dem talk sey FIFA don reject Nigeria petition against DR Congo...yet nothing of such on FIFA , CAF, NFF websites.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Sterope(f): 3:44pm On Jan 05
When their time comes, they can neither delay it nor advance it by a single moment. - (Qur’an 7:34)

This is philosophically complicated. I doubt it is the kind of topic any non-Muslim and some Muslims would understand so you should have explained better in away that they don't assume we shouldn't blame the driver for reckless driving.


BAILMONEY:
I want all the non-believers in the pre-destination ie Christians and Idol worshippers to read this post carefully, insha Allah they will learn that whatever happens to us in this world is already destined by the Almighty Allah.




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Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Sterope(f): 3:47pm On Jan 05
In Islamic theology,death occurs only when a person’s appointed term; it cannot be brought forward nor delayed. At the same time, humans act with free will and are fully responsible for choosing reckless behaviour, which Islam clearly forbids because it endangers life. Therefore, the reckless driver doesn't escape responsibility by appealing to qadr (destiny) their freely chosen action becomes the means through which a divinely known outcome occurs, while blame and accountability remain entirely theirs.

FreeIgboho:
So where does freewill fit into this?
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Bimpe29(m):
Thundafireseun:
I can swear that it was those road safety officials that stole AJ’s phone….

That’s why they are desperately advocating for Guns
Were you there when it was stolen by the FRSC officials?
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Thundafireseun: 3:53pm On Jan 05
Bimpe29:
Where there when it was stolen by the FRSC officials?
This your engrish is difficult to understand
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by MrJames007: 3:57pm On Jan 05
So can't the guy, Anthony, tell what happened?

Brake failure, overspeeding, wrong overtaking, tyre blowout etc. Nonsense! undecided

Post important news please.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Dtruthspeaker: 4:13pm On Jan 05
Hey, don't blame the truck. Accident is a good defence
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by BBAthechasepix: 4:14pm On Jan 05
In all of this, how does the seat-swap explanation help us? We are concerned with the people who died in the accident, not Anthony Joshua, who survived. That part of the story is a stupid distraction that does nothing to explain the cause of the crash or the deaths. It mocks the dead and looks like an attempt to cover a motive or prove that there was no motive, when motive isn’t even in question.

Secondly, of what relevance is the driver’s reaction in steering the vehicle when the excuse is brake failure? If the brakes failed, what happened to downshifting to lower gears or using the handbrake to stop the vehicle?

Lastly, you cannot plausibly be driving your employer and a VIP like Anthony Joshua, for that matter, as if you are in a rally. This is a question AJ himself needs to answer, especially considering that over 99% of Nigerians are bad drivers lacking training in defensive driving.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Dtruthspeaker: 4:24pm On Jan 05
Originalsly:
Why is the son talking? Why can't we hear it from the horse's mouth? Can't the father speak for himself? What the son is saying is all "hear say" ... inadmissable in court. I can see the driver being found guilty if this is going to be the basis of his defense. The brake failed .... that can be physically checked out and I want to believe the computer system will show if it really did. The truck illegally parked was stationary.... did not require any visible markings since it was mid day.... very visible from afar. He was overtaking when the accident occured ... does one be on the brake or on the gas when overtaking? One is more likely to be braking before overtaking... to avoid running into the back of the vehicle to be overtaken..... then hit the gas when it is safe to do so. Didn't he notice the brake wasn't working before he stepped on the gas? He's going nowhere with this defence.
Or burst tyre which the police said.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by vislabraye(m): 4:26pm On Jan 05
Dogalmighty17:
If Nigeria was a serious country, a qualified auto-mechanic would have been brought to take a look at the vehicle to ascertain if the brakes actually failed.
That said, except the driver was on high speed he would have properly negotiated to avoid the truck or he wants to say the steering wheel failed too?
What I see here is that the driver sacrificed the passenger side of the vehicle to escape death.
The brakes did not fail. The speed must have exceeded 150km/h. Too fast
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Dtruthspeaker: 4:26pm On Jan 05
BBAthechasepix:
In all of this, how does the seat-swap explanation help us? We are concerned with the people who died in the accident, not Anthony Joshua, who survived. That part of the story is a stupid distraction that does nothing to explain the cause of the crash or the deaths. It mocks the dead and looks like an attempt to cover a motive or prove that there was no motive, when motive isn’t even in question.

Secondly, of what relevance is the driver’s reaction in steering the vehicle when the excuse is brake failure? If the brakes failed, what happened to downshifting to lower gears or using the handbrake to stop the vehicle?

Lastly, you cannot plausibly be driving your employer and a VIP like Anthony Joshua, for that matter, as if you are in a rally. This is a question AJ himself needs to answer, especially considering that over 99% of Nigerians are bad drivers lacking training in defensive driving.
Prosecuting the driver means that they input the motive that he intently wreck full or careless. So it is a good defence that the driver had no such motive
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Dtruthspeaker: 4:28pm On Jan 05
Dogalmighty17:
If Nigeria was a serious country, a qualified auto-mechanic would have been brought to take a look at the vehicle to ascertain if the brakes actually failed.
That said, except the driver was on high speed he would have properly negotiated to avoid the truck or he wants to say the steering wheel failed too?
What I see here is that the driver sacrificed the passenger side of the vehicle to escape death.
Yes. Everything fails when an accident occurs. This is just bad faith prosecution

And where did you get that bad drivers sh.... ? Whereas, in your supposed land of good drivers they even have higher and more senseless killings than these
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by ufotunang: 4:31pm On Jan 05
baby124:
The truck was off the road. How did your father go all the way off the road and was driving behind the truck that he had to swerve to miss it? Was your father drunk? Before mounting defense, try study the scene first. Only someone making illegal driving maneuvers and driving very fast will have such accidents.
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The driver also said brake failure also caused the accident
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by humberjade: 4:34pm On Jan 05
JibolaUsman:
Why is his shirt off ? In an ac Car ?
When you are coming from a very cold weather, moreso if you have lived there for months, even the AC might not be enough sometimes.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Bonapart(m): 4:36pm On Jan 05
BAILMONEY:
I want all the non-believers in the pre-destination ie Christians and Idol worshippers to read this post carefully, insha Allah they will learn that whatever happens to us in this world is already destined by the Almighty Allah.




THERE IS NOTHING LIKE AVOIDABLE DEATH


Mynd44 front page material cool
what's an Allah? The Arabian deity?
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by JibolaUsman: 4:49pm On Jan 05
humberjade:
When you are coming from a very cold weather, moreso if you have lived there for months, even the AC might not be enough sometimes.
But Bros even in that cold whether they wear jackets and headwarmer meaning they don't like the cold. Inside a car with the AC blowing is enough. Or maybe the AC had a fault.
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by DrAda(f): 5:00pm On Jan 05
JibolaUsman:
The truck had little to do with the accident since it was stationary and off the road. Anyone who is a good driver navigates differently when they spot a truck on the side of the road on the express.

So if I'm driving and I hit someone on the pedestrian side of the road that person is responsible for being close to the road ?

You normally have a full 100 meters to slow down or change lanes. The only time judgement becomes impaired is under the influence of sleep, alcohol, hunger. We should thank God they did not hit someone on a bicycle on the side of the road or someone walking, off the road. And the story just keeps changing they say a tire burst today and tomorrow it's brake failure. One thing is certain the truth will come out.
The outcome of that accident resulted in the loss of two lives. If they had hit any other thing than the truck, would they still be alive? Your guess is as good as mine
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Bimpe29(m): 5:07pm On Jan 05
Thundafireseun:
This your engrish is difficult to understand
Very difficult indeed, I was feeling dizzy when I typed it 😂
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by Shedrack777: 5:08pm On Jan 05
What I don't agree with is the fact that he said the driver was following the speed limit. You can't be driving at 100km/h in a bullet proof car and it'll damage like that even without brakes. That car is moving at 210km/h
Re: Driver’s Son Reveals The Cause Of Anthony Joshua Road Accident by DrAda(f): 5:24pm On Jan 05
DeepSight:
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You seemed to at the minimum infer so. Well, i have over flogged it, sorry good doc.
For your perusal

https://www.nairaland.com/8592271/drivers-son-reveals-cause-anthony
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