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Bull kills woman watching festival race in France

Spectator tossed several metres into air before landing on her head and despite being evacuated by helicopter she later died in hospital.

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A woman has been killed by a bull who struck her during a local festival in the southern French city of Aigues-Mortes, reports The Independent.

The woman, who is from Cannes, was watching a bull race with her husband on Saturday.

As the bulls left the area after the race, one leapt over the fence which separated them from the public.

The bull managed to catch the woman in its horns – tossing her several metres into the air before she landed on her head. 

The woman was evacuated by helicopter but she later died in hospital.

Read more of this report from The Independent.