Man gored to death during bull run.

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A man was gored to death Friday at Pamplona's running of the bulls - the first such fatality in nearly 15 years.
Nine others were injured in a particularly messy and dangerous chapter of the tradition.
The San Fermin festival website said the unidentified man was gored in the neck and lung during a run in which a rogue bull separated from the pack. That is among the worst things that can happen at San Fermin.
Three other people were also gored, and six suffered bumps, bruises and other lesser injuries, said Fernando Boneta, director of Virgen del Camino Hospital.
The last fatal goring at the running of the bulls claimed the life of 22-year-old American Matthew Tassio in 1995.
Friday's death raises to 15 the toll since record-keeping began in 1924.
This run, the fourth of eight held at San Fermin, was by far the most perilous of this year's festival.
The bulls covering the half-mile course with six accompanying steers tend to mind their own business and keep running so long as they stay in a pack. A bull that gets separated is more likely to get spooked and aggressive and that is what happened Friday.
A brown bull named Cappuccino fell early in the run and ended up on its own.
When it reached a stretch right outside the bullring that marks the end of the course, it started charging right and left, and even ran back the wrong way several times. Runners scurried for safety to wooden barriers along the route as the bull attacked.
At one point the bull picked one man up with its horns and flipped him into the air as if he were a toy, then kept going after him as he lay curled up on the ground, covering his face. But this man got up and ran away, and was apparently not seriously hurt.

hakkie · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject:

yuck!

Lady Rachel · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject:

and this is for fun...........madness.

sorry for the man's family

Whojamaflip · Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject:

I feel sorry for his family, but not for the guy...he knew going in to this that this sort of thing could happen, maybe he thought it made him appear more macho...what an absolute idiot!

F.K.R. · Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:52 pm Post subject:

Julie C · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:32 am Post subject:

agree also, he must of knew the risks of being there.Feel sorry for his family, take care luv Juliexx

Louise (Admin) · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:23 am Post subject:

Whojamaflip - I agree 100% with you.

These animals have been killed all in the name of 'Fun' for years and it sickens me. . . Payback was always gonna happen at some point!

Whojamaflip · Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject: