Two Brits, one American gored on third day of bull run

PAMPLONA, Spain – Two Britons and an American were gored Monday on the third day of Spain’s famed running of the bulls through the cobblestoned streets of Pamplona.

Thousands of daredevil runners charged ahead of six fighting bulls let loose for the annual San Fermin festival in northern Spain, and the three were gored by one that broke free from the pack, a Navarre regional government statement said.

Aryeh Deutsch, a 38-year-old engineer from New Jersey, said he tripped and fell as he dashed ahead of the black bull and saw the animal heading toward him as he lay on the ground.

“The next thing I know I am underneath him, I can see his belly, and I was trying to roll out of the way to get under the fence, and yeah, he got me, he got me in the right calf,” he said.

It then charged other runners huddled near the fence trying to protect themselves. That’s when the two Britons were gored.

The regional government said one of the Britons was gored in the right leg while the other was gored in the left leg.

None of those gored was seriously injured.

One person was gored on first day of the festival, while none was gored on the second day.