Four people were injured at a rodeo in Oregon on Saturday evening when a bull jumped a fence and struck spectators during the final competition, Sisters Rodeo confirmed.
The incident happened on Saturday, June 8, just before 10pm.
A spectator in the crowd captured the horrific incident on video..
“I filmed him completely going over the gate and disappearing,” Daniel Smithers, who witnessed and recorded the incident, told KOIN 6. “Then there was a big pause in the zone where he came out, and people immediately started waving their lights again, like they didn’t really know what to do.”
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Four spectators were injured when a bull jumped a fence and escaped during Saturday night’s rodeo, rodeo officials said. (Daniel Smithers)
Rodeo officials said the bull ran through the rodeo grounds and returned to the livestock pen.
“This is the first time anything like this has happened in the history of Sisters Rodeo. I spoke to the Scott contractor who raises this bull and they said it’s very unusual, very rare, they’ve almost never seen anything like this in their careers. They see it occasionally on their farms, in their own pens, but they’ve never seen anything like this at a rodeo. It’s very, very rare,” Sisters Rodeo Vice President Brian Witt told Fox News Digital.
According to Sisters Rodeo officials, the radio announcer immediately activated the emergency response plan.
Witt said rodeo livestock experts responded quickly to safely capture the bull and confine it to a livestock pen.
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Four people were injured when a bull jumped a fence during an event at Sisters Rodeo in Oregon on Saturday night. (Daniel Smithers)
Witt added that the bull was not chasing anyone in the crowd, but had simply been startled and was trying to return to its enclosure with other livestock.
“He was just a little scared. He wasn’t trying to hit anybody. He was just trying to get back into the herd and back in the pen with the other bulls. He was outside the arena so it was a different situation for him,” Witt explained.
Witt confirmed that four people suffered minor injuries in the bull attack, adding that two of the victims were taken to a local hospital for further treatment but have since been released to return home.
“We were very fortunate that there were no additional issues. Our emergency personnel were really fantastic in terms of providing immediate care and the Cowboys were really quick to grasp what was, you know, a very volatile situation,” Witt said.
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Four people were injured when a bull jumped a fence during the Sisters Rodeo in Oregon on Saturday night. (Daniel Smithers)
Sisters Rodeo released an official statement saying, “We send our best wishes to all those affected. The safety of our fans is our top priority and we thank them for their support.”
Despite the incident, Smithers told KOIN 6 she would “definitely return to Sisters Rodeo” if given the chance.
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“We know that whenever you go into a situation like this, whether it’s an amusement park, a rodeo or a zoo, you’re accepting risk,” Smithers said.
The final performance of the 2024 Sisters Rodeo took place on Sunday, June 9th.
