Bull Gores Man to Death at San Fermin Festival

The San Fermin festival Web site said the unidentified man was gored in the neck and lung during a run in which a rogue bull separated from the pack. Photo by BGNES

A man has been gored to death in the traditional running of the bulls in Pamplona, northern Spain - the first fatality for several years.

The man was gored on Friday, during the fourth bull run of the festival. Three other runners were injured in the incident, the BBC reported.

The San Fermin festival Web site said the unidentified man was gored in the neck and lung during a run in which a rogue bull separated from the pack. That is among the worst things that can happen at San Fermin.

A brown, 515-kilogram bull named Cappuccino fell early in the run and ended up on its own.

When it reached a stretch right outside the bullring that marks the end of the course, it started charging right and left, and even ran back the wrong way several times. Runners scurried for safety to wooden barriers along the route as the bull attacked.

At one point the bull picked one man up with its horns and flipped him into the air as if he were a toy, then kept going after him as he lay curled up on the ground, covering his face. But this man got up and ran away, and was apparently not seriously hurt.

The last fatal goring at the running of the bulls claimed the life of 22-year-old American Matthew Tassio in 1995.

Friday's death raises to 15 the toll since record-keeping began in 1924.

 

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