Site of Bayard's Second Accident in The Town (Location)

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Site of Sartoris Accident
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Event
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Faulkner map
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1298
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695
Description: 

The novel briefly recalls the scene, described in detail in Flags in the Dust, where Colonel Bayard Sartoris dies in a car accident. The event occurs when he and his nephew, also called Bayard, "come over a hill at about fifty miles an hour" and have to drive into "the ditch" beside the road to avoid hitting "a Negro family in a wagon" (124).

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Site of Event
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Continuous
Types: 
Country Road

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