2 injured during Pamplona bull run
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July 10, 2013, Wednesday
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THRILL-SEEKERS fled six half-ton fighting bulls and six steers thundering through the cobbled streets of Spain's northern city of Pamplona yesterday, in a mad dash that sent two men to hospital and left one animal dead.
The two injured men, Spaniards aged 30 and 47, suffered bruises in falls and were taken to hospital for treatment after the third bull run of the annual San Fermin festival, regional health officials said.
A firework was set off to start the race, releasing the bulls and steers from a holding pen to run along a 848.6-meter course to the bull ring, where they were to be killed by matadors.
The bulls took two minutes 29 seconds to complete the run.
One of the steers, castrated bulls which help keep the herd together, crashed into a bull at the entrance to the bull ring, fell to the ground and was trampled by the other animals.
During the run, hundreds of people, most clad in traditional white with a red scarf around the neck, fled from the path of the large, sharp-horned bulls.
Spectators watched from balconies and from behind wooden barriers.
Among those who fell during the run was Matt Barney, a 26-year-old bartender from Wilmington in the US state of New York. "It all happened very fast. I tripped but I managed to land on my hands and did not hurt myself," said Barney.
"I couldn't see anything, just people going by. It was different from what I was expecting."
Daily bull runs are the highlight of a nine-day mix of partying and thrill-seeking that draws hundreds of thousands of people.
Fifteen people have been killed in the bull runs since records started in 1911.
The two injured men, Spaniards aged 30 and 47, suffered bruises in falls and were taken to hospital for treatment after the third bull run of the annual San Fermin festival, regional health officials said.
A firework was set off to start the race, releasing the bulls and steers from a holding pen to run along a 848.6-meter course to the bull ring, where they were to be killed by matadors.
The bulls took two minutes 29 seconds to complete the run.
One of the steers, castrated bulls which help keep the herd together, crashed into a bull at the entrance to the bull ring, fell to the ground and was trampled by the other animals.
During the run, hundreds of people, most clad in traditional white with a red scarf around the neck, fled from the path of the large, sharp-horned bulls.
Spectators watched from balconies and from behind wooden barriers.
Among those who fell during the run was Matt Barney, a 26-year-old bartender from Wilmington in the US state of New York. "It all happened very fast. I tripped but I managed to land on my hands and did not hurt myself," said Barney.
"I couldn't see anything, just people going by. It was different from what I was expecting."
Daily bull runs are the highlight of a nine-day mix of partying and thrill-seeking that draws hundreds of thousands of people.
Fifteen people have been killed in the bull runs since records started in 1911.
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