Running of the bulls: 4 runners injured, none gored in Spain
PAMPLONA, Spain — Four people suffered bruises but no one was gored in the fifth running of the bulls Monday at Pamplona’s San Fermin festival, medical officials said.
More than 1,000 people took part in Monday’s run, which lasted three minutes. Many runners and several of the bulls slipped and fell during the crazed dash though the city’s narrow streets to the bullring.
Navarra Hospital Dr. Jon Ariceta said four people were taken to city hospitals with contusions.
A regional government statement later said three of the four — two Spaniards aged 42 and 22, and a 63-year-old American — were kept hospitalized. Their injuries were said to be minor.