A nine-year-old boy has died in a freak accident in Spain after being thrown from a bucking bull ride.
Paramedics were unable to save him after he went into cardiac arrest and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The tragedy happened last night in the village of Lobosillo near Murcia in south-east Spain.
A spokesman for a regional government-run emergency services coordination centre confirmed: “Emergency health responders were unable to save the life of a nine-year-old boy who went into cardiac arrest after falling from a mechanical bull in the Murcian village of Lobosillo."
The alarm was sounded just after 10pm. The circumstances surrounding the unnamed boy’s death were not immediately clear this morning.
Lobosillo is home to just over 2,000 people and lies around 25 miles south of the regional capital Murcia.
A police investigation, coordinated by a local investigating magistrate, is now underway.
Last October a bride-to-be died after falling from a mechanical bucking Bronce at a rodeo bar in Sheffield, South Yorks.
Jessica Lally’s devastated mum Joan described the loss of the 26-year-old, who had been planning to marry her partner this year, as ‘heartbreaking’.
Her family went on to launch a fundraising campaign for the installation of more life-saving defibrillator equipment at public venues.
Jewellery company manager Jessica went into cardiac arrest after coming off the ride at the American-themed Bronco’s Rodeo Bar in Sheffield.
A spokesperson for the venue said after news of the tragedy emerged said: “There was an incident involving a young lady in our venue who after receiving medical help, sadly passed away.
“She passed all of our safety checks before mounting the bull. She then very quickly after the ride started appeared to have lost consciousness sliding off under her own body weight.
“The bull was going for a matter of seconds while it was moving on the slowest speed. This speed is mainly used for photos and isn’t fast enough for people to fall off normally.”
