Pamplona bulls leave mark on seven
Sunday’s run, the seventh of the festival, featured six massive Miura bulls, traditionally the largest and fastest-running fighting bulls bred in Spain. Many of those running alongside the bulls had to dive for cover as the pack neared during the 850m stretch from corral to the bull ring, with some crushed, cut and bruised.
One man was smashed against a wooden crash barrier as the bulls rounded a bend on the course and skidded sideways into him. Another escaped a goring when he fell just in front of the charging animals.
Seven people were taken to Pamplona’s two hospitals, including one with multiple injuries and three with chest injuries, said Dr Ignacio Yurss, director of the Navarra Hospital in Pamplona.
A man from Scotland who suffered a skull injury was among the seven hurt yesterday. The rest were Spaniards. None were gored. The runs to the bullring from stables just outside the city’s northern medieval walls take place at 8am daily and are the highlight of festivities made famous by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises.
About half a dozen people running with the bulls have been gored so far, none seriously. A 26-year-old Colombian gored Saturday was recovering well after surgery, said Dr Yurss.
