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 News from Around the Americas | July 2005 
Four Runners Gored at Spain Bull Run
 Wire services
| | Four people were gored running with the bulls in Pamplona on Monday and eight others were injured in the stampede of fighting bulls through the city's streets, a Red Cross spokesman said. (Photo: Vincent West) |
Pamplona, Spain - Charging bulls tossed, gored and terrified human daredevils Monday as this year's San Fermin festival served up its longest and most dangerous run yet, with four people gored.
Seven other people were hospitalized for treatment of bumps, bruises and head injuries, officials said.
The pack of six 1,300-pound bulls and six steers — meant to keep the bulls running in a safe pack — disintegrated shortly after the animals set off on the mad dash through the cobblestone streets of Pamplona in the fifth of eight planned runs.
One stray bull turned around and ran the wrong way. Cowherds with long sticks smacked it in the rump to save runners scurrying for safety and get the animal pointed in the right direction.
At another point, a bull picked up a runner clad in the traditional red-and-white garb of San Fermin and tossed him as if he were a toy.
Several runners were trampled and four were injured by bulls' horns, hospital officials said. Three of the four were Spaniards and one was Colombian.
One of the Spaniards was a policeman who reportedly ran out into the street to tell runners about the bull that was running the wrong way.
The run lasted five and a half minutes, compared with the normal length of about two minutes, because the bulls separated — the most dangerous thing that can happen at Pamplona |
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