THIS is the shocking moment a man is killed by a rampaging bull at a festival in Spain as revellers flee in terror.

Horrifying footage shows the stampeding animal goring the middle-aged man in the chest and thigh — piercing one of his lungs — before dumping him on the ground.

According to The Sun, the incident happened at a festival yesterday celebrating the end of Easter in Arcos de la Frontera near Jerez in southwest Spain.

The man was rushed to a nearby hospital but died despite efforts to save his life.

Another man gored in the stomach by the bull — a half-ton animal called Trapero — was treated at the scene and stabilised before being taken to hospital. His life is not said to be in danger.

Footage taken by onlookers showed the bull chasing after a man wearing a red jacket and cap before turning its attention to the man it fatally gored, a local thought to be aged around 45 who has only been identified by his initials B.L.B.

Onlookers in the crowd behind the safety of metal railings overlooking the area the bull had been let loose in, dragged him through one of the gaps so he could receive medical attention.

Town hall officials tweeted after the incident, which happened just after midday when the first of two bulls was let loose in a closed-off part of town: “We deeply regret the death of Arcos man B.L.B following the injuries he suffered when he was gored by the first bull. “The mayor wants this to be known publicly, as well as the support being offered to his relatives and loved ones. Rest in peace.”

The festival where the double goring took place is called the Fiesta del Toro del Aleluya.

It has been held in Arcos de la Frontera since 1784.

It was one of a number of towns in the area to hold similar festivals on Easter Sunday.

Local reports the last time a man died at the event in Arcos was in 1983, when dad-of-four Antonio Garcia Garcia was killed after being gored when he slipped and fell to the ground while he was being chased by a bull.

Revellers are killed every year at festivals involving bulls in Spain.

The most famous event involving running bulls are the San Fermines in Pamplona which take place every July.