Four days have passed since the violent traffic accident in which the actress Anne Heche was involved, on the streets of Los Angeles, California, USA. Initially, her state of health was reported as extremely critical, unfortunately on the day of He passed away today at the age of 53 at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills Hospital.
Heche’s representative, 53, reported that the American interpreter was in a coma and suffered from a significant lung injury that required assisted breathing. In addition, the actress’s family had published a heartbreaking statement assuring that there was no hope that she would survive.
The dramatic moment when rescuers left for dead #AnneHeche and she gets up from the stretcher. The actress is in a coma after the crash she suffered in Los Angeles, it is rumored that she was drunk and that the crash was intentional. pic.twitter.com/CkaRHYxkhX
– Everardo López (@self-absorbed) August 9, 2022
Since last August 5, Heche has been hospitalized. Initially, her representative reported her health status as stable. However, as the hours passed, her diagnosis changed to critical status, causing concern among the actress’s followers.
According to information from TMZ, Heche was speeding and initially crashed into the garage of an apartment complex. Some witnesses tried to help her, but she backed off, leaving the scene. A few blocks later, she Heche lost control of her car, it left the road and caught fire after crashing into a building that she was inhabited at the time. Fortunately, the woman inside it was not harmed because she was in another part of the house.
The accident was so serious that the assistance of 59 firefighters was required to remove her from the rubble and take her to a nearby hospital. As paramedics tried to get the actress into the ambulance, she struggled and screamed trying to get away. Later it was learned that due to the bruises and burns suffered, the actress fell into a coma and had to be intubated.
The conditions in which the actress of Brasco got into his vehicle have been questioned, and because of this, the Los Angeles Police Department collected blood samples from Heche to investigate if he was driving under the influence of alcohol or illicit substances. Hours later, tests revealed that the actress had drugs in her blood, but additional tests will be required to rule out whether the substances were administered in the hospital or before the accident.
Right now, our primary focus is medical treatment first, and then you will face criminal charges based on toxicology results.
– Officer Lee
TMZ released a photograph in which the actress is seen carrying an alleged bottle of alcohol in her car before the accident. The outlet also stated that the substances found in Heche’s blood were cocaine and possibly fentanyl.
On the other hand, CNN stated that a few hours before the terrible accident, Heche shared a podcast in which he said he had a very bad week and even talked about drinking to forget everything, but this was deleted a few hours after what happened.
By not presenting an improvement in her health, the actress’s family released a heartbreaking statement:
Unfortunately, Anne suffered from severe anoxic encephalopathy and remains in a critical coma. She is not expected to survive. Her choice was always to donate her organs and she is kept on a life support system to determine if any of them are viable.
We want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers for Anne’s recovery and thank the dedicated staff and wonderful nurses who cared for Anne at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills Hospital.
Anne had a big heart and touched everyone she met with her generous spirit. More than her extraordinary talent, she saw spreading kindness and joy as her life’s work. She will be remembered for her brave honesty and missed for her light.
Due to Heche’s critical state of health, Atlas Heche Tupper and Homer Laffoon, sons of the actress, decided to withdraw life support, as her injuries had been very serious, causing a catastrophic brain injury.
The doctors had already evicted the actress from Six days and seven nights; nevertheless, They kept her on assisted breathing to decide what to do with her organs and if they could be used for transplants, since Heche was a donor.
Heche rose to fame in the late 1980s with the telenovela Another World, for which he won an Emmy. She later starred in independent movies like Psycho Y I Know What You Did Last Summer, She was also nominated for a Tony for the Broadway play Twentieth Century.
The actress maintained a love relationship with actor James Tupper, with whom she had her two children. She was also a couple of the driver Ellen DeGeneres, who has expressed her deepest condolences through Twitter:
This is a sad day. I am sending Anne’s children, family and friends all my love.