Spaniard gored in San Fermin festival bull-run

A revelers falls as Cebada Gago's fighting bulls pass, not seen, during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Tuesday, July 8, 2008. The 'Los San Fermines' festival, held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. PAMPLONA, Spain -- The running of the bulls through Pamplona on Tuesday left one man gored and four slightly injured during the annual San Fermin festival, the Spanish Red Cross said. Hundreds of people and six fighting bulls, accompanied by steer, sprinted the half-mile (850-meter) route through cobblestone streets in just over two minutes, a relatively clean and fast run by San Fermin standards. One Spaniard was gored in the thigh and treated at a city hospital, but was not in serious condition, the Red... [read full story]                    

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