Five runners were gored, two seriously, and six received other injuries at a packed running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival on Sunday.

One man was caught in the chest and legs when a large bull became separated from the pack on the slippery cobblestone streets leading to the bullring.

The bull, a Miura weighing 1,268 pounds, jerked the runner upward and then rolled him along the ground in the entrance to the ring. Miuras are the largest and most famous of Spain's fighting bulls.

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