Three men, including a 20-year-old tourist from the United States, were gored by bulls on Friday (July 12) at Spain's traditional San Fermin festival in Pamplona, where revellers run through the cobbled streets chased by bulls.
Authorities did not give information on the condition of the U.S. tourist and a 31-year-old man from the eastern province of Castellon but said the third man, a 42-year-old from Barcelona, had "less serious" injuries.
Spanish broadcaster Atlas reported the 31-year old man from Castellon was gored three times as the bull tossed him around the road. Other runners eventually pulled the bull away from the man and dragged the injured runner to safety where he was then cared for by emergency services.
The San Fermin fiesta, one of hundreds of such bull-running fiestas held throughout Spain every year, was made famous by U.S. author Ernest Hemingway's novel 'The Sun Also Rises' and now attracts participants from around the world.
The gorings on Friday were the first this year at the festival, which started on Sunday. The festival includes a daily run starting at 0600 GMT and usually lasting between two to five minutes.
The El Pilar bulls that ran on Friday are known for their speed.
A total of six people were injured, three through falls, including another American, aged 48.
Many of the participants, dressed all in white with red kerchiefs round their necks, drink all night before the early morning run.
A 27-year-old Spaniard was the last person to be killed during the San Fermin bull run after being gored in the neck by a bull in 2009.
There have been 14 fatalities over the past century at the fiesta that dates from the 13th century.
