A 41-year-old carpenter has died after being gored in a
running-of-the-bulls event in central Spain.
Mayor Jesus Hijosa of the town of Villaseca de la Sagra says
a bull gored the man in the chest, damaging his lungs and
rupturing vital blood vessels.
Hijosa said the man -- who was not identified -- died Monday
in an ambulance before it reached a hospital in the nearby
city of Toledo. The bull-run event was part of morning
festivities honoring the Virgin Mary.
Bullfights and bull runs that often precede them have been
the focus of attention after northeastern Catalonia this year
became the second region to ban such fights, after the Canary
Islands in 1991.
It was the third goring death at a bull run in Spain this
year.
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