Town officials are pointing to a faulty linchpin as the reason several bulls escaped and rampaged through town over the weekend .
In a release sent out on Wednesday afternoon, Town Manager Michael Borg said proper safety measures were adhered to, a pin had become dislodged in the corral fence by two bulls that had jumped on each other while being unloaded from a trailer.
“From there, the bulls pushed down the fence with the dislodged pin, escaped from their pen into the event space, knocked down a perimeter fence, and fled from the parking lot,” the release said. “Subsequent investigation determined that the event organizers took reasonable precautions, and that the incident was not due to negligence.”…