Today's bull running

-Report on injuries-

THree injured from gorings in the first bull-running

Six people were taken to the hospitals in Pamplona/Iruñea with injuries after the first bull-running of this year's Sanfermin fiesta - three of them from wounds caused by a goring from the bulls. The most seriously injured is a 22 year-old man, José María Pérez Hernández, from Navalcarnero, Madrid. He suffered a ten centimeter goring to the exterior thigh, with no damage either to his nerve system nor to his vascular veins. The prognostic is considered as grave.

As a result of this year's first Sanfermin bull-run which took all of 7 minutes and 14 seconds and featured bulls from the Marqués de Demecq breeder, six people were admitted to hospitals in Pamplona/Iruñea. The "Hospital de Navarra" has admitted José María Pérez Hernández, a 22 year-old from Navalcarnero, Madrid. He suffered a ten centimeter goring to the exterior thigh, without suffering damage to the nerve center nor to his vascular veins. However, his condition is considered grave.

The other two gored runners have been admitted to the "Virgen del Camino" hospital. One of them, Luque Versace, a 20 year-old Australian, was gored in the City Hall square, and he suffered a goring to his left knee, with a reserved prognostic. At Telefónica, a 19 year-old American, Elinezi Sain, was also gored in the left leg. The prognostic is grave.

There were also three other people who suffered concussions and were taken to the hospitals. Marta Santamaría Mansilla, a 21 year-old from Somaoz, (Cantabria) was taken from Mercaderes to the Hospital of Navarra. She suffered contusion to the knee and her prognostic is slightly grave. From the same spot, Patricia Astorkiza, a 30 year-old from Bilbao, was admitted with a dislocation to the right shoulder.

Finally, Paul Stains, a 35 year-old Londoner, was taken to the Virgen del Camino hospital from the Mercaderes stretch of the run. He suffered an open nasal contusion, with a less grave prognostic.