Costa Blanca woman gored to death during bull-running
Costa Blanca woman gored to death during bull-running
A BENIDORM woman has died after being gored by a bull during the festivals in Férez (Albacete province).
She had travelled to the village from her Costa Blanca home as she has family in Albacete, according to Begoña Ruiz, mayoress of Férez.
The deceased was one of four people who were struck by the charging bovine while they were inside the enclosure set up for the bull-running, just after 17.00hrs yesterday (Sunday)
She was gored in the stomach, leaving an open wound, and rushed to Hellín general hospital in an ambulance fitted with intensive care equipment, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Her daughter, who had been gored in the shoulder, was taken in the same ambulance for treatment.
Another man was attended to at Férez health centre after he was gored in the armpit, and a fourth victim suffered minor injuries which did not need urgent treatment.
