Sickening moment bull slams man against a building then crushes him during traditional Easter bull-running event in Spanish town
A spectator filmed the powerful bull clattering into the runner, hoisting him upwards and slamming him into a nearby house in Vejer de la Frontera, southwest of Marbella. As the man landed on the floor, the bull can be seen landing on top of him.
Both people taking part in the bull run and members of the crowd could be seen running over to the injured participant.
They tried to coax the bull away by waving red handkerchiefs, and it eventually ran off in the opposite direction.
Local media say the badly-bruised man was carried to an ambulance before being airlifted to a hospital in nearby Cádiz on Sunday.
His condition was described as serious but stable.
Another man was seriously injured when the same bull knocked him head-first to the ground.
This comes just a day after a raging half-tonne bull burst through a barrier into a crowd of children.
Shocking footage of the incident was caught on camera at the ancient Toro del Aleluya festival in Arcos de la Frontera, Cadiz province, on Saturday.
During the celebrations, four Hallelujah Bulls are released to run the town's streets before being returned to their farms.
The show causes great distress to the animals, though stops short of killing them in the bull ring - a supposed reflection of Christ's mercy.
But when the first of them, called Infinito, was released from a transport crate, the furious animal charged at the crowd.
Footage showed the bull wheeling around and charging into a flimsy barrier, collapsing it.
Children brought down to the front by their parents for a better view are the first to be gored and tossed to the ground.
As Infinito rampages through the crowd one woman filming the gruesome spectacle from her balcony screamed: 'The children, the children!'
As more than 20 spectators were battered and trampled on the ground, more were crushed against barriers as hundreds tried to flee.
Infinito finally returned to the parade route where one amateur matador with a pink cape led it away.
Three people are said to have needed medical treatment for crush injuries and goring including a 60-year-old woman.
City mayor Miguel Rodriguez insisted safety measures at the event had not been below standard.
He said: 'It's not normal for this to happen, but in any bullring, boards can break or unforeseen events can occur.'
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