An out-of-control rodeo bull leapt out of an Oregon arena and charged through a crowd of spectators Saturday, violently throwing and shoving a woman who stood in its path.
Chaotic video shows the fleeing animal charging at the woman – who was wearing a red shirt – as it tore through the 84th Sisters Rodeo.
The bull, named Party Bus, flipped the woman so that she landed squarely on her head before the frenzied animal spun her a second time with its horns. She then fell to the ground under the bull’s feet as it ran through a table and fled into the parking lot, the footage shows.
But the desperate attempt to free the rodeo bull was short-lived and Party Bus was captured by rodeo men next to cattle pens, the Sisters Rodeo Association said.
Three people were injured “as a direct result of the bull, two of whom were transported to a local hospital,” the association said in a statement. They were all released the next day.
A deputy was also slightly injured while responding to the wild escape, but did not say whether it was caused by Party Bus, police told KTVZ.
The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m., during the final round of the evening at the 84th Sisters Rodeo, a popular event that attracts many of the country’s top cowboys and thousands of spectators.
A second video shows the unsuspecting crowd singing Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” while Party Bus looped around the arena trying to avoid two men on horses.
That’s when the bull spontaneously flew over the 7-foot fence, sending the crowds sprawling aside.
Party Bus was removed from the arena after the incident.
“We obviously can’t replicate that scenario,” Leslie Lange, who supplies livestock — including Party Bus — for the rodeo, told KTVZ.
“But we’re going to take him home, fight him again, train with him and try to never put him in that situation again.”
The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association said Saturday’s incident serves as a reminder that “while rodeo is a very entertaining sport, on very rare occasions it can also present some risks.”
“The PRCA sends its thoughts and best wishes to those who have been injured or otherwise affected by this frightening and very rare incident,” the association said.