Update, June 3: Enrique has undergone reconstructive surgery to repair his hand.
A statement posted by on the singer’s website explains that the singer’s surgery lasted longer than expected as the damage caused was “worse than initially assessed.” Iglesias also suffered a fracture that needed to be corrected and will be recovering for the next few weeks, “but a full recovery is anticipated.” You can watch footage of the accident below, which it must be said looks incredibly painful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjwH_iWBHjc
A cautionary tale for anyone planning to use an aerial drone in a concert – don’t go reaching out for them or you’ll lose a lot of blood.
This is exactly what happened to ‘Hero’ singer Enrique Iglesias at a concert in Mexico over the weekend, where a drone was being used to capture crowd shots. As it hovered by Iglesias, he reached out towards it like it was a divine entity, and promptly shredded his hand on the rotor blades.
Respect to Iglesias though – despite losing a lot of blood, he simply created some art on his T-shirt, wrapped up his hand and carried on for another 30 minutes. [via Engadget]
