'How to survive the bulls of Pamplona' author gored by bull in Pamplona
Friday, July 11, 2014 @ 11:06 AM
AN AUTHOR who co-wrote the book How to survive the bulls of Pamplona has been gored by, in fact, a bull in Pamplona.
Bill Hillman, 32, from Chicago (USA) has been admitted to Navarra regional hospital's traumatology department with two deep wounds to his right thigh.
One of the bull-handlers at the festival, Hillman is very experienced with the animals and has been involved in the Pamplona event for the last 10 years, as he recounts on the website www.sanfermin.com.
But when one of the bulls broke loose and began to run amok on the third day of the fiesta, it turned on its handlers and caused chaos, leading to several of them suffering injuries.
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