The death of Anne Heche has been surrounded by speculation, because on August 5, 2022, when she suffered an accident when her car crashed into a house, law enforcement officials claimed that the actress was supposed to volcano he was driving under the influence of some substance and behaving erratically.
But now the information that the Los Angeles County, California, medical examiner gave about the final autopsy and the toxicology report has ruled out that the actress of six days and seven nights He was driving under the influence of some harmful substance the day he suffered the terrible accident that caused his death.
After the blue Mini Cooper that Anne Heche was driving crashed into a house in the Mar Vista residential area, it was engulfed in flames. According to police reports, the car was speeding so high that it skidded off the road, causing the crash and subsequent fire.
As a result of the accident, Heche suffered severe burns, among other injuries, as she was trapped in the vehicle for 45 minutes before being rescued by firefighters. She was then admitted to West Hills Hospital in Los Angeles, where the official announcement of her death was made about a week later.
According to what a spokesman for the coroner confirmed to Peoplein the studies carried out on Heche there was no evidence of deterioration due to illicit substances at the time the accident occurred.
Blood on admission to the hospital showed the presence of benzoylecgonine, the inactive metabolite of cocaine, which means that she was using it in the past, but not at the time of the accident.
Cannabinoids were found in his urine, but not detected in the admission blood and is consistent with prior use, but not at the time of injury.
Toxicology also showed that Anne had fentanyl in her system, although according to the coroner’s report, this was due to the medications she received in the hospital, since it was not present in the blood sample obtained before her admission.