4 Injured in Running of Bulls at Spanish Festival
Four people, including an Australian, a Briton and a woman from the United States, were injured in the first running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, hospital officials said Sunday.
The run, which featured bulls from the Alcurrucen estate in central Spain, started at 8:00 a.m. with the firing of the traditional “chupinazo” rocket.
The bulls needed more than four minutes to cover the 850-meter (approximately half-mile) distance from the Santo Domingo stockyard to the bullring because one of the animals fell behind at the entrance to the plaza, posing a danger to the runners.
The old section of Pamplona was packed with people taking part in the first weekend of the festival, which started on Saturday and runs until July 14.
Four people were gored at the 2012 San Fermin festival, while 41 were transported to hospitals and 388 others were treated at the scene by paramedics for a variety of injuries.
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