21 hurt in Spanish bull run

PAMPLONA (SPAIN): Twenty-one people were on Saturday injured in the second day of Pamplona's running of the bulls, the Spanish festival in which the daring run alongside dangerous beasts through narrow streets, officials said (Picture shows the crowd trying to avoid being trampled by a bull let loose in Pamplona on Saturday). A 40-year- old American man from Denver was gored in the back and required surgery, and a 23-year-old Canadian who was trampled suffered a head injury, requiring a trip to the hospital, emergency workers said. Two others were taken to hospital for lesser injuries, and the rest were treated on the spot. The San Fermin festival runs every day from July 7 to 14 each year, drawing up to half a million tourists, hundreds of whom participate in the running of the bulls. It was made famous by Ernest Hemingway's novel ``The Sun Also Rises''. Officials reported 41 injuries over the first two days. The last death was in 1995, when a 22-year-old American was gored. Only five bulls ran on Saturday instead of the usual six after a veterinarian ruled one of the animals unfit.

- Reuters

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