A bull gored two people and hurt others in the fourth running of the bulls on Thursday at Spain's San Fermin festival held in Pamplona, according to a report from the Guardian that read more like an Ernest Hemingway novel.

The two Spaniards both were gored in the leg and taken to the hospital, along with five others who were hurt when they were tossed into the air by the bull, according to a statement from the Navarra regional government. The ruckus occurred at Thursday's 8 a.m. run.

The fighting bull responsible for the injuries ran ahead of the other bulls on the 930-meter course that extends from a holding pen to the Pamplona bullring, the Associated Press reported. Six bulls run the course each morning, chasing the participants, and each is killed later in a bullfight.

Spanish Red Cross spokesman Jose Aldaba didn't disclose to AP the specific injuries or the identities of the others taken to the hospital.

Prior to Thursday's mishap, four Spaniards and one American had been hurt at this year's San Fermin festival. Only one of those, a Spaniard, was said to be in serious condition.

The Guardian reported that dozens of people are hurt each year during the running of the bulls, but mostly because of falls, not due to the bulls. Officially, 15 people have died from being gored since records began in 1924.

The two runners who were gored on Thursday were both from around the Navarra region, according to a report from the official San Fermin website. One man was from Pamplona and the other was from Artiberri, a small town less than five miles from the city.

San Fermin is a nine-day festival most known for the bullfighting and the runs, but also for the street parties, famously recorded by Hemingway in his novel The Sun Also Rises.