{"id":3975,"date":"2026-07-12T01:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2026-07-12T01:36:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T20:36:37","slug":"bull-gores-runner-in-the-face-at-spains-san-fermin-bull-run-festival-12-others-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3975","title":{"rendered":"Bull gores runner in the face at Spain&#8217;s San Fermin bull run festival, 12 others hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>A runner was gored in the face and many more were fortunate to not be seriously injured during a chaotic bull run at <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/in-spain-running-with-the-bulls-takes-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Spain&#8217;s San Fermin festival<\/a><\/span> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The six bulls and accompanying steers charged through crowds of thrill-seekers who packed the narrow street course in Pamplona. The huge animals knocked down bodies to the cobblestones, and stumbling runners caused several pileups during the two-and-a-half-minute run from the pen to the bull ring, where bullfighters will kill the bulls later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>One runner was pierced by a horn in the face, while 12 more people needed medical treatment for an assortment of knocks, according to the University of Navarra Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>A black bull broke away from the pack early in the 957-yard run and plowed into a group of people, smacking one full in the side of the face with a horn. It was not clear if that was the moment of the goring.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/11\/ec5a1b3e-aac1-42db-8acc-40d547186c86\/thumbnail\/620x413\/efbb2e0f564583fd7beb7b945290361c\/ap26192233659242.jpg#\" alt=\"Spain Running of the Bulls \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/11\/ec5a1b3e-aac1-42db-8acc-40d547186c86\/thumbnail\/620x413\/efbb2e0f564583fd7beb7b945290361c\/ap26192233659242.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/11\/ec5a1b3e-aac1-42db-8acc-40d547186c86\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/004fb2e26b748ab5c3d7c00c96e0aa74\/ap26192233659242.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Revelers run alongside Jose Escolar&#8217;s fighting bulls during the fifth running of the bulls at the San Ferm\u00edn festival in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 11, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP Photo\/Miguel Oses<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many runners appeared completely unaware when bulls were breathing down their necks and, instead of trying to gore them, just shoved them out of the way.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s was the fifth morning run of the eight-day festival in northern Spain.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s festival comes 100 years since the publication of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/copyright-expiration-winnie-the-pooh-hemmingway-1926-classic-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ernest Hemingway&#8217;s novel &#8220;The Sun Also Rises,&#8221;<\/a><\/span> whose publication launched the San Fermin festival to international fame.<\/p>\n<p>The last <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bulls-see-and-spill-more-red-in-pamplona\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">death at San Fermin&#8217;s bull runs<\/a><\/span> occurred in 2009, but gorings and broken bones are common, partly due to the large number of novice bull runners and foreign tourists who join the experienced locals.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A runner was gored in the face and many more were fortunate to not be seriously injured during a chaotic bull run at Spain&#8217;s San Fermin festival on Saturday. 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