A professional bull rider was trampled and killed by a bull Sunday at a traveling rodeo making its annual stop in Dutch Neck Village, Hopewell Township, N.J., just south of Bridgeton.
The accident happened a little after 7:30 p.m. State police said Rigoberto Flores, 24, of Brentwood, N.Y., was riding the bull when he was thrown off and then crushed.
State police said Flores was taken to Vineland Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead of chest injuries. - Bob Warner
