Last San Fermín Bull Run Ends with Eleven Injured
The last bull run of the San Fermín festival, featuring the legendary Miura breed, ended today with eleven injuries, the most serious being an American man, in the shortest race of the festivities, two minutes and ten seconds.
Throughout the course, the bulls allowed, with their traditional nobility, beautiful runs through the center of Pamplona until the curve of the bullring alley, where six runners were trapped between the fencing and the horns of the animals.
According to a spokesperson from the Navarra Hospital Complex (CHN), the "most concerning" injury is that of the American man, A.G., 30 years old, who was caught by the Miura bulls in the alley and is currently being examined to determine if any of the wounds are from a bull's horn.
The man suffered a cranioencephalic trauma with a major head wound, including a part of the scalp tearing off, as well as a horn strike on the back.
In the same location, a 32-year-old Spanish man, A.A.R., was also injured with minor contusions, and a 28-year-old Italian man, A.C., suffered a trauma to his right shoulder.
Among the injured in the bull run are also a 27-year-old Frenchman, F.L., with a cranioencephalic trauma of reserved prognosis; and a 36-year-old American man, J.J., with a thoracolumbar trauma.
In addition, a 48-year-old Spanish man, J.L., was injured with a cranioencephalic and lumbar trauma of reserved prognosis; as well as a 55-year-old Frenchman, M.M., with a bruise on the chest and shoulder, although his prognosis is mild.
Two other Spaniards were transferred to the hospital with traumas.
The speed of the Miura bulls caused them to crash directly into the fencing at one point in the course, near Telefónica, creating a moment of tension and danger, although the animals ignored the runners.
This bull herd, the largest in the festivities, with specimens weighing between 580 and 660 kilograms, raced together at a fast pace throughout the course, from the Santo Domingo corrals to the bullring, paying no attention to the runners, as is usual with this breed.
The brave bulls were so fast that the tamed bulls that accompanied them were left behind halfway through the bull run.
The Miura race was dizzying, facing forward, as if there were no runners, who nevertheless suffered repeated falls for not being able to keep up with their pace and try to position themselves in front of the horns.
In the last curve, before reaching the bullring alley, the herd crashed into the right fencing, trapping a group of runners and causing the injuries.
One of them ended up on the back of a bull after being thrown, while others were trampled, and one suffered a significant hit from a bull's horn on the back and part of the scalp was lifted.
Despite the tension, the Miura bulls paid no attention to anyone and continued on their way, preventing greater danger.
The bulls entered the bullring after 1 minute and 59 seconds since their release from the corrals, a time that was extended for eleven more seconds until the tamed bulls arrived and they went together to their enclosures.