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Archive: Horror
master Stephen King seriously injured when
struck by van |
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| A witness
at the scene of King's accident talks to sheriff's
deputies |
June 19, 1999
Web posted at: 11:21 p.m. EDT (0321 GMT)
(CNN) -- Horror author Stephen King was seriously injured
when he was struck by a minivan while walking in North
Lovell, Maine, Saturday, Maine State Police said.
King, 51, was walking south on the shoulder of a road in
North Lovell, where he owns a home, at about 4:30 p.m. when
a motorist approaching from behind lost control of his Dodge
Caravan, Oxford County Sheriff's deputy Matt Baker said.
Baker said a dog in the van distracted the driver.
King was transported to Northern Cumberland Hospital and
then flown by helicopter to Central Maine Hospital.
According to Laird Covey, vice president of medical affairs
for Central Maine hospital, King was conscious and alert, in
serious but stable condition, and was able to communicate
with his family. Officials said the injuries were orthopedic
in nature but family didn't release the details of them.
Late Saturday night King was being prepared for surgery, and
was expected to remain in the hospital for several days.
Police said charges will not be filed against the driver.
An eyewitness at the accident scene said King "was breathing
and laying in a heap and he was all tangled and I could tell
his leg was broken."
Master of horror fiction
King's prolific work -- horror novels, short stories and
novellas -- has earned him the title "Master of Horror." A
number of his novels have been turned into major films,
including "Carrie", "The Shining", "Firestarter",
"Christine", "Pet Semetary", "Misery" and "Dolores
Claiborne."
Three novellas from the book "Different Seasons" were also
major films -- "Apt Pupil," "The Body," titled "Stand by Me"
on the screen, and "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank
Redemption," which, in the film version was titled
"Shawshank Redemption."
King's books have been translated into 33 languages and
published in over 35 different countries. There are more
than 300 million copies of his novels in publication. King
has also written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. |
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