"One hand exploded, one ego crumbled and one trauma to every propeller sound": Benjamin Castaldi victim of a radio-controlled helicopter accident

The host Benjamin Castaldi was the victim of a recreational drone accident on Friday, May 2 in Marseille. He was seriously injured in his hand and was hospitalized in an emergency, but wanted to reassure him about his state of health.

Benjamin Castaldi recently had to be rushed to the hospital near Marseille following an accident. The presenter suffered a severe hand injury from a remote-controlled helicopter. He shared a photo of his injury on Instagram on Saturday, May 3, 2025.

As a victim of an accident with a drone in Marseille, Benjamin Castaldi suffered a serious hand injury, requiring the re-implantation of several fingers. How did Benjamin Castaldi's drone accident occur? The host Benjamin Castaldi was hospitalized in an emergency in Marseille after an accident when he was handling a small radio-controlled helicopter. [...]

After his misadventure with a remote-controlled helicopter, Benjamin Castaldi came out of silence. Indeed, on Friday 2 May in Marseille, Benjamin Castaldi revealed, in an Instagram story, that he had been the victim of an accident. The host wanted to just fly a small radio-controlled helicopter, but the remote-controlled vehicle would have quickly lost control and severed a few fingers. In his Instagram story, the former host of Europe 2 said th…

The result of the races: "a blasted hand, a crumbled ego and a trauma to each propeller sound".

On vacation, Benjamin Castaldi was the victim of a spectacular accident with a radio-controlled helicopter, resulting in serious injuries to his hand. Hospitalized in emergency, the host tells his ordeal with...