Posted: 09:25, 12 September 2022 | Updated: 09:31, 12 September 2022
This is the horror moment a reveler is killed after falling into the path of a raging bull as he tries to get to safety.
The 30-year-old was rushed to hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival after suffering a number of serious injuries, including one to the neck.
Footage of the drama showed the bull going after him as he lost his balance while trying to climb a fence and ended up at his mercy on the ground.
He was diagnosed with seven broken ribs and one of the blows he suffered is said to have penetrated one of his lungs and caused a pool of blood that eventually cost him his life
Seconds earlier he had outrun the animal after dropping his coat in front of it to distract it. The tragedy happened on Saturday night in Navalcarnero near Madrid during an event known as an encierro in which the bulls are released into the streets.
The deceased has been identified as Daniel Gonzalez Arribas.
He was used to working with bulls and had gained a reputation in the area as a so-called recortador. This is the name given in Spanish to men who use their bodies to avoid the bulls running at them in bullrings by performing jumps, somersaults and other acrobatic feats.
Friend Ricardo Otero said in an online tribute: “A boy let us do what he loved most. He was just a boy, but he was also a brave person and the kind of friend you rarely find these days, someone who was always ready to help others who might be in danger.”
He was used to working with bulls and had gained a reputation in the area as a so-called recortador. This is the name given in Spanish to men who use their bodies to avoid running bulls in bullrings by performing jumps, somersaults and other acrobatic feats
On July 20, a 56-year-old man was confirmed to have died in hospital after being rushed to intensive care with head injuries and lacerations
Several people have already been killed this year at bullfighting festivals in Spain. Three of the victims died within just 24 hours in July.
It was confirmed on July 20 that a 56-year-old man died in hospital after being rushed to intensive care with head injuries and injuries on July 12 from an event in Picacent near the east coast city of Valencia.
The local town hall said at the time that it had declared a day of mourning after learning of the man’s death.
On July 19 it emerged that a 50-year-old man, named Josep Antoni Garcia Arnau, died in another hospital in Valencia from injuries sustained after a bull toppled at a festival in Meliana, a 40-minute drive north of Picasent.
He was diagnosed with seven broken ribs and one of the blows he suffered is said to have penetrated one of his lungs and caused a pool of blood that eventually cost him his life. Around the same time, a 64-year-old French man was confirmed dead in hospital nine days after being eaten during an annual festival in Pedreguer on the Costa Blanca, half an hour’s drive from Moraira.
All three men participated in annual events known locally as Bous Al Carrer, which literally means Bulls on the Street.
Last Monday a man was seriously injured at a festival in the Portuguese village of Reguengo. Horrific footage showed a half-tonne bull kicking him in the face as he was led away from the area after being let loose on the streets at an annual festival.
