Five Americans were among 16 people hospitalized on the second day of the running of the bulls at the festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain.
Three men ― a 55-year-old identified only by his initials of P.G.O., a 23-year-old Californian identified only as W.R.O. and J.G.O., a 46-year-old from Pensacola, Florida ― were gored during the Friday morning event. Their condition is currently described as “less severe.”
Two other U.S. nationals, who were reportedly not gored, suffered minor injuries. Officials identified them as a 26-year-old man, H.T.O., and a 53-year-old woman, S.C.O.
All were admitted to the Hospital of Navarra.
Organizers described the run, in which at least seven people were gored, as “crazy.”
A 58-year-old man from Pamplona and a 73-year-old man from South Africa were admitted to the hospital with serious injuries. Manuel Monestino, the hospital’s deputy director, told Reuters that one man had been gored in the chest and the other in the belly.
A 26-year-old Indian man and a 48-year-old Canadian man were also gored less seriously, according to officials.
Friday’s run followed a relatively calm first run on Thursday, in which four people were hospitalized but no one was gored. Six bulls weighing up to 1,400 pounds each run through the city’s streets every morning during the festival, which takes place from July 6-14. Dozens of bulls die during the festival, which is condemned by animal rights activists.
Some 37 people were hospitalized during last year’s festival, and 15 people have been killed since records on the festival started being kept in 1910.
This story was updated after reports emerged that additional people were injured in the festival.
