Author Bill Hillmann, who wrote guide on how to survive Running of the Bulls, gored

Mike Gallagher

Jul 9, 2014 - 12:38

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Author Bill Hillmann, who wrote guide on how to survive Running of the Bulls, gored

Tripped ... Bill Hillmann, who wrote a guide to surviving Spain’s Running of the Bulls, is gored after falling during the San Fermin festival. Picture: AP Source: AP

A man who wrote a book on how to survive the running of the bulls has been gored by raging bulls after tripping during Spain"s San Fermin Festival.

Chicago author Bill Hillmann, 32, and a Spaniard were gored during a hair-raising third running of the bulls Wednesday at Spain"s San Fermin festival.

A Navarra regional govement statement said Hillmann was gored in the right thigh. It said the injury was serious but not life-threatening.

Hillmann wrote the guide How to Survive the Running of the Bulls.

British joualist Alexander Fiske-Harrison, a friend of Hillmann who was also at the festival, wrote on his blog that the American underwent surgery "but he is doing well.”

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Bad advice ... Hillmann is carried on a stretcher after being gored on his right leg during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. Picture: AP Source: AP

In addition, a 35-year-old Spaniard with the initials J.R. P was in serious condition after being gored in the chest, the govement statement said.

Three other Spaniards who fell during the run were being treated in Pamplona hospitals for their injuries.

Several thousand people, many dressed in the traditional white with red neckerchiefs, took part in the nationally televised 8am run in which they race six fighting bulls and accompanying steer along a 850-metre course from a holding pen to Pamplona"s bull ring.

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Close call ... A Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull stampedes during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona. Picture: AP Source: AP

Tension soared when one bull got separated from the pack in the final 100 metres and tried to charge runners on all sides.

Fifteen people have died from gorings since record-keeping began in 1924.

Dozens of people are injured each year in the runs, most of them in falls.

The bulls are invariably killed in afteoon bullfights.

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