Spanish man gored to death while filming Toledo bull run

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A SPANISH man has died after being gored at the Villaseca de la Sagra bull run.

The 32-year-old man died from injuries to his neck sustained at the Toledo bull run.

He was filming the run with his mobile phone when the bull caught up with him.

“The young man was on the path of a bull run which he was filming with his mobile phone,” said Jesus Hijosa, the mayor of Villaseca de la Sagra, where the accident occurred.

“A bull surprised him from behind and gored him in the neck.”

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