PAMPLONA, Spain – One person was gored as thousands of thrill-seekers tested their bravery and speed Monday by dashing with fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona.

Jose Aldaba, a spokesman for Spain’s Red Cross, said four people were taken to a city hospital for ******** sustained in the 8.a.m. run, the first of the annual San Fermin festival. One was gored in the thigh.

A statement from the Navarra regional government said the four were Spaniards but none was in serious condition.

The run sees people racing with the bulls along a narrow 930-yard (850-meter) course from a holding pen to the city bull ring.

It lasted just over two minutes.

Dozens of people are ******* each year in the “encierros,” as the runs are called in Spanish. Most get hurt in falls.

Fifteen people have **** from gorings since record-keeping began in 1924.

The nine-day fiesta was immortalized in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises” and attracts thousands of foreign tourists.

The bulls, which take part each morning are invariably ****** by matadors in evening bull fights, and their meat is served up in Pamplona’s restaurants.