1 gored, 3 hurt in bull run event
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July 12, 2010, Monday
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A RUNNER was gored in the leg and three others needed hospital treatment after a very busy fifth running of the bulls at Spain's San Fermin festival yesterday, doctors and officials said.
Several other people received roadside medical treatment after tripping and falling in the path of six animals from the Miura ranch, renowned for breeding Spain's largest and heaviest fighting bulls.
Yesterday's run lasted 3 minutes, 2 seconds and was considered dangerous because the largest bull, a 655-kilogram, red-colored Miura called Cachero, became separated from the rest of the pack.
Cachero slipped on the dew-moistened cobblestones of the course, became disorientated among a mass of runners and his horn injured 37-year-old Juan Pedro Lecuona, a Pamplona resident who runs the course every year, the Navarra press office said.
A 23-year-old Canadian was also among the injured, along with two Spanish men, aged 30 and 40, the government of Navarra said in a statement, adding that their injuries were slight.
Television images showed one young runner being knocked unconscious when struck by a large steer, used to help guide the bulls along the slippery 850-meter stretch from a holding pen on the edge of town to the central bull ring. He was treated at the roadside but not taken to the hospital.
Crowds at Pamplona swell at the weekend each year as people arrive from other parts of Spain to enjoy the festival atmosphere.
Several other people received roadside medical treatment after tripping and falling in the path of six animals from the Miura ranch, renowned for breeding Spain's largest and heaviest fighting bulls.
Yesterday's run lasted 3 minutes, 2 seconds and was considered dangerous because the largest bull, a 655-kilogram, red-colored Miura called Cachero, became separated from the rest of the pack.
Cachero slipped on the dew-moistened cobblestones of the course, became disorientated among a mass of runners and his horn injured 37-year-old Juan Pedro Lecuona, a Pamplona resident who runs the course every year, the Navarra press office said.
A 23-year-old Canadian was also among the injured, along with two Spanish men, aged 30 and 40, the government of Navarra said in a statement, adding that their injuries were slight.
Television images showed one young runner being knocked unconscious when struck by a large steer, used to help guide the bulls along the slippery 850-meter stretch from a holding pen on the edge of town to the central bull ring. He was treated at the roadside but not taken to the hospital.
Crowds at Pamplona swell at the weekend each year as people arrive from other parts of Spain to enjoy the festival atmosphere.
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