This is the horrifying moment when a well-known bullring performer falls into the path of a rampaging bull while attempting to reach safety.
The 30-year-old was brought to the hospital, but was declared dead upon arrival after sustaining many gruesome wounds, including one to the neck.
As he lost his balance while attempting to climb a fence and ended himself at the bull’s mercy on the ground, dramatic footage showed the bull charging at him.
Prior to this, he had outrun the animal by dropping his coat in front of it in order to distract it. The incident occurred on Saturday night in Navalcarnero, close to Madrid, during an event known as an encierro, in which bulls are released into the streets.
Daniel Gonzalez Arribas has been identified as the dead person.
He was used to working with bulls and was renowned in the region as a recortador. This is the Spanish term for men who use their bodies to evade charging bulls in bullrings by doing jumps, somersaults, and other acrobatic moves.
Friend Ricardo Otero said in an online tribute: “A boy has left us doing what he most enjoyed. He was just a boy but he was also a brave person and a friend of the sort you seldom find nowadays, someone who was always ready to help others that could be in danger.”
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In Spain, many deaths have already occurred this year at events featuring bulls. In the month of July, three people died within twenty-four hours of each other.
On July 20, it was revealed that a 56-year-old man had lost his battle for life in hospital after being transported to critical care on July 12 with head and gore injuries following an occurrence at Picassent on Valencia’s eastern shore.
The local town hall said at the time that, upon learning of the man’s death, it had declared a day of mourning.
On July 19, it was revealed that a 50-year-old man called Josep Antoni Garcia Arnau had died at another Valencia hospital from injuries he sustained after he was thrown to the ground by a bull at a festival in Meliana, 40 minutes north of Picassent.
He was diagnosed with seven fractured ribs, and it is believed that one of the punches he received pierced one of his lungs, causing a blood clot that ultimately took his life. Simultaneously, it was revealed that a 64-year-old Frenchman had died in hospital nine days after being gored during an annual event in Pedreguer, Costa Blanca, a half-hour drive from Moraira.
The three men were participating in an annual event known as Bous Al Carrer, which literally translates as “Bulls on the Street.”
On Monday, a man was gravely injured in the Portuguese community of Reguengo during a celebration. A half-ton bull kicked him in the face as it was being evacuated from the region after its release into the streets during an annual festival.