Chilean gored in Pamplona’s running of the bulls
July 14 - Pamplona's final day of running with bulls is bloodiest of the 7-day festival
Nine injured in final bull run
A 23 year old Chilean was injured this morning in the Spanish city of Pamplona after he was gored by a bull on the final day of Fiesta de San Fermin.
The youth, identified as Emiliano Alonso Vilches Ceardi, was gored in the chest and right thigh by the bull Gavioto, in what many have called the most dangerous running of the bulls event this year.
Ceradi was admitted to the Hospital Virgen del Camino where he remains in a stable condition. In an interview with Radio Cooperativa, Ceradi said “A horn went through (…) the right side of my chest about 27 inches, it is a miracle it didn’t pierce my heart or a lung or anything… I’m dying of pain but good.”
The run became dangerous when Gavioto, a red colored bull weighing half a ton, was left behind the rest of the herd after some of the bulls slipped while going around a curve. He was the last bull to make it to the finish and three times he turned back and charged runners.
This race was one of the longest of the season at four minutes, 23 seconds.
According to the Red Cross, 376 people were wounded during the holiday, which began on April 6th. While most were minor injuries 37 people were admitted to hospital.
There were 9 other injuries during this run. Among the wounded was an Irishman who suffered face and chest injuries, a 24-year-old Briton who was gored in the groin, and local whose left arm was stabbed.
There have been 15 deaths in the Pamplona bull run since 1910. Yearly there are around 200-300 injuries, with most being minor
contusions from falls.
The last death occurred in 2009 when 27-year-old Spaniard Daniel Jimeno Romero was gored to death in the final run.
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