86-Year-Old British Man Among 57 Injured at Pamplona Bull Run

An 86-year-old British man from Halesowen in the West Midlands was taken to hospital on Tuesday after suffering injuries to his right hand, left elbow and right eyebrow during the final morning of the Sanfermines festival in Pamplona. The Guardian reported that a festival spokesperson said the man was assessed by doctors but not thought to be badly hurt.

He was among 57 people injured during the eight-day event.

Two Spaniards were gored on the final day. An 18-year-old local man suffered a goring to the left thigh, while a 46-year-old man from Guadalajara in central Spain was gored in the chest. Neither was gravely hurt.

Each encierro begins at 8am with participants sprinting ahead of six bulls over an 848.6-metre course through the city streets. The festival, known in Spain after Saint Fermin, draws runners from around the world. At least 16 deaths have occurred during runs at the Sanfermines festival over the past 116 years.

The last fatality was Daniel Jimeno Romero, a 27-year-old participant from Alcalá de Henares near Madrid, who was fatally gored in the neck and lung in 2009.