I person gored, 2 injured in fast 2nd Pamplona bull-run | WRBL

Navarra Hospital chief Dr. Javier Sesma said one person suffered a bruised face in the 8 a.m. run Wednesday, but no one was gored, making it a relatively clean run.

American Mike Webster, a 38-year-old occupational therapist from Gainesville, Florida, remains in hospital after being gored in the armpit as he joined the bull run for the 38th time in 11 years.

Two Americans and a Briton were gored and eight others injured in the first run yesterday. He said yesterday that he had not yet decided whether he would run again. A 27-year-old Californian identified by the initials D.M.O. was also gored.

Runners, wearing traditional white clothing and red kerchiefs around their necks, tripped over each other or fell in the mad rush as they and the animals charged down a winding 846.6-metre (925-yard) course from a pen to the city’s bull ring in two minutes, 23 seconds. Revelers from around the world kick off the festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls. The bulls are then killed by professional matadors in bullfights each afternoon.

As a part of the San Fermin festival, the residents in Pampalona, northern Spain, the dare devils race ahead of hulking fighting bulls.

This year, a 30-year-old British man has hit headlines after being gored in the groin – an injury which apparently sounds far worse than it was, since authorities said he was “slightly injured”.

Another tourist from the US city of Houston in Texas, Peter C. Remington, is celebrating his 25th year taking part in the Running of the Bulls. In all, 15 people have been reported dead from gorings in Pamplona since 1924.