1 man dead at bull run in Pamplona

Alvaro Barrientos, The Associated Press
New July 10th, 2009 - 12:15 PM
July 14th, 2009 - 3:55 PM
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Daniel Ochoa de Olza, The Associated PressRevelers are chased by Jandilla's ranch fighting bulls on the fourth day of the running of the bulls during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, July 10, 2009. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights. A man was gored to death Friday at Pamplona's running of the bulls the first such fatality in nearly 15 years. Nine others were injured in a particularly messy and dangerous chapter of the tradition.
Daniel Ochoa de Olza, The Associated Press

PAMPLONA, Spain — Organizers of Pamplona's running of the bulls say a man has been gored to death — the first such fatality since 1995.

The San Fermin festival Web site says the unidentified man was gored in the neck and lung during a run Friday that was messy and dangerous because of a rogue bull that separated from the pack.

Hospital officials say three other people were also gored, and six others suffered bumps, bruises and other lesser injuries.

The last fatal goring at the running of the bulls claimed the life of 22-year-old American Matthew Tassio in 1995.

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U of I connection

The last person to die at Pamplona was a U of I grad:

From NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/14/world/gored-by-bull-us-tourist-dies-at...
Gored by Bull, U.S. Tourist Dies at Fiesta In Pamplona

An American tourist was killed today at the running of the bulls in Pamplona when he was knocked down by one bull, then gored by another.

The tourist, Matthew Peter Tassio, 22, of Glen Ellyn, Ill., a Chicago suburb, was the first person to die at Pamplona's San Fermin festival in 15 years.

Mr. Tassio had just graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in electrical engineering and was at the end of a trip that had taken him and a friend through Egypt, Greece, Italy, Hungary and Austria.

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