A wild video captured a bull rider being thrown from a feisty bovine and trampled in front of a stunned audience during a rodeo event in the Bronx on Sunday.
A 25-year-old man was injured when he was bucked off the wild animal during a sanctioned rodeo event on Bruner Avenue in Baychester, according to the NYPD.
Video obtained by The Post showed the man appear to go unconscious while still atop the rowdy bull after possibly striking his head.
The daredevil’s hat goes flying off his head as he’s tossed around — limp arms flailing — like a ragdoll by the powerful bull, the clip shows.
The bovine kicks up its back legs, bouncing the bull rider around until he’s thrown off its back and slammed to the ground.
However, the man’s foot was still caught in a stirrup — putting him in a vulnerable position underneath the beast, according to the footage.
Onlookers shouted in alarm as the rider was trampled and dragged across the dirt by the wild animal.
Several organizers ran into the pen to try to help the man, as the bull continued to spin around and repeatedly kick him.
Eventually, the rider was freed and carried off by a group of men. People were seen attending to him and waving fans in front of his face.
The man was brought to the hospital in stable condition, cops said.
Witnesses said the bull rider appeared to be briefly unconscious and bleeding after the vicious attack.
“My buddy got hurt a little bad,” fellow bull rider Gato told The Post.
“He was hit pretty hard. He was doing his thing on the bull, but he got caught up in the spins, man, and he got hit on top, threw down, stepped on, got unconscious,” Gato said. “Hope he’s alright.”
Audience member Osvaldo Sanchez said that, though the event was shocking, there’s always a risk of injury while bull riding.
“There were a lot of young kids also obviously witnessed this, and they were also like worried about what has happened,” Sanchez said. “I already had experience of all of that, so I was really used to it. I didn’t mind recording it, like really up close.”
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