Bulls Gore Four on Third Day of Pamplona Fiesta
Date: 12-Jul-04
Country: SPAIN
"Hospitals attended nine people after the third bull run, four of them with injuries caused by bulls' horns," the regional Navarra government said on its Web site.
Those gored were identified as a 22-year-old American man from Louisiana with a knee wound, a British man with a slight groin wound and two Spaniards with thigh and arm injuries.
Last week's run was the most crowded yet. It took almost five minutes for six bulls and their accompanying steers to complete the 900 yards of fenced-off, cobbled streets that lead to the bull ring, where they will fight in the evening.
"This was the run with the most injuries so far. The other two were pretty clean," a Red Cross official said. "The weekend runs are likely to be more complicated because there will be more runners."
Last week's bulls quickly became separated and on several occasions a bull stopped and tried to turn back or lunged sideways at people around it.
The centuries-old Pamplona fiesta in honor of St. Fermin draws thousands of fans from around the world for a week of frenzied late night drinking and early morning running with the bulls. Fifteen people have been killed since 1910.
SOS Navarra, the regional emergency service, reported treating 17 people for alcoholic intoxication Thursday, six for falls and only five for bruises suffered during the morning bull run.
