Singer Enrique Iglesias was flown to a hospital in Los Angeles because he sliced his hand open trying to catch a flying drone during a concert near Tijuana, it was reported Sunday.
Enrique Iglesias sliced his fingers trying to grab a drone on stage http://t.co/7UPg2Tdi5g pic.twitter.com/Nnw8RaHTWw
— Page Six (@PageSix) May 31, 2015
Several celebrity websites reported the accident happened Saturday night, as he sang before a crowd of 12,000 at the Bullring at Playas de Tijuana, a coastal suburb of the large Baja California city. E! and TMZ.com posted photos of Iglesias finishing the concert, grasping a bloody rag.
Enrique Iglesias Suffers Bloody Injury in Drone Accident at Tijuana, Mexico Concert–See the Scary Photos http://t.co/DZmAe7ysa9 — E! Online (@eonline) May 31, 2015
The remote-controlled helicopter carries a video camera that is projected onto a screen at Iglesias’ concerts, and he has been known to catch it while singing.
TMZ.com reported that Iglesias left the stage for 10-15 minutes, finished his set in a bloody short, then departed for a Los Angeles hospital in an airplane from the Tijuana airport.
—City News Service
