5 Hurt in Latest Pamplona Bull Run

Revelers run through an entrance to the bull ring during the fourth run of the Jandilla fighting...

Revelers run through an entrance to the bull ring during the fourth run of the Jandilla fighting bulls at the San Fermin Fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, July 10, 2009. A charging bull gored a young man to death Friday at Pamplona's San Fermin festival, the first such fatality in nearly 15 years. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

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Despite the large number of runners and the separation of one bull from the pack, all of Aguirre's animals entered the ring in 2 minutes, 52 seconds, a reasonably fast time.

"I noticed the streets were swollen by a lot of runners," said Jaime de Vargas, who had dedicated his run to fellow bull aficionado and friend Daniel Jimeno Romero who died Friday.

Hundreds of revelers paid homage to Jimeno Romero by leaving traditional red neckerchiefs tied to wooden barriers at the spot where a bull gored him fatally in the upper chest and neck.

Boneta said all of those injured in Friday's event, including a 61-year-old American who was struck in the chest and had internal bleeding in his lungs, were doing well in hospital.

Friday's death raises to 15 the toll since record-keeping began in 1924.

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Associated Press writer Harold Heckle in Madrid contributed to this report.

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