Bev Vincent by The Road to the Dark Tower

Author:The Road to the Dark Tower
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-02-05T16:55:29+00:00

As in the fictionalized account, Bryan Smith—who was driving from his campsite into town for groceries (Mars bars)—was distracted from the road by his dog Bullet,15 who was rummaging around in a cooler of meat behind him. Smith’s other rottweiler, Pistol, didn’t accompany him in the van in the real version of the accident.

Police reports indicated that King probably heard the van at the last minute because he turned slightly, which may have saved his life. He later said that he thinks he tried to leap out of the way. In the fictional version, of course, it was Jake Chambers who was responsible for deflecting the potentially fatal impact. King admits to a break in his memory here—the time during which a gunslinger from Mid-World hypnotized him?

In The Dark Tower, King is alone when struck, but in reality a pedestrian witnessed the accident and another driver arrived on the scene shortly after it happened. Smith, who never saw King and thought he’d struck a deer until he noticed the author’s bloody glasses inside the van beside him, was sent off to call the police while the resident stayed with King. As in the book, Smith reportedly told King he’d never even had a parking ticket before, which later proved to be patently untrue. King responded that he’d never been struck by a van before and, as in the book, asked for a cigarette.

King said, “It occurs to me that I have nearly been killed by a character out of one of my own novels.” [OW] How far apart are truth and fiction?

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