[Nicky91]

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/05/e...ash/index.html



A woman crashed her car into a house in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday, setting both the vehicle, and the house on fire, officials say. A person with knowledge of the matter told CNN the driver was actress Anne Heche.

The driver was traveling at a high rate of speed when she ran off the road and collided with a residence, Los Angeles Police Public Information Officer Jeff Lee tells CNN. The impact left the car engulfed in flames and the driver suffered burn injuries. She was taken to a local hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics in critical condition. It took firefighters more than an hour to "access, confine and fully extinguish the stubborn flames within the heavily damaged structure," the LAFD said.
There were no other injuries reported.
CNN has contacted representatives of Heche for comment.
Heche first rose to fame on the soap opera "Another World," where she played the dual role of twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love from 1987 to 1991 and earned a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance. She followed that with roles in films like "Donnie Brasco," "Six Days Seven Nights," and "Wag the Dog."
Her romantic relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late '90s resulted in intense media attention at the time, much to Heche's professional frustration. In a 2021 interview with Page Six, Heche said she felt "blacklisted" after going public with their relationship.
"I didn't do a studio picture for 10 years," said Heche, who dated DeGeneres from 1997 to 2000.
Heche has appeared in numerous television series more recently, including "The Brave," "Quantico," and "Chicago P.D." She has several acting projects currently in post-production, according to her IMDB profile.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000162/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[Nicky91]

Youtube video

[LeatherTrumpet]

loaded driving at 100mph

[Vanessa]

I hope she recovers. But why was she speeding? That never ends well.

[LeatherTrumpet]

An earlier shot also shows Heche moments before the second accident at the wheel with a bottle of vodka with a red cap plonked in the cup holder

[Nicky91]

although get well soon Anne

[Alf]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

loaded driving at 100mph

Asking for trouble.

[Nicky91]

not my nan mistaking Anne Heche for Anne Archer

[Cherie]

Oh dear

[bitontheslide]

i have no sympathy for someone that drinks and drives

[arista]

[Anne Heche's life support will be TURNED OFF
after the brain dead actress has her organs
checked for donation:
Family say 'she will be remembered for her
courageous honesty and dearly missed '
Actress Anne Heche, 53, has officially been
declared brain dead after her fiery car crash
in Los Angeles
Heche's family said she will stay on a ventilator
to determine whether any of her organs can be donated
After that, she will be taken off life support
by medics at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills hospital
It has 'long been her choice' to be an
organ donor, so she will remain technically
alive until check is complete
'She will be remembered for her
courageous honesty and dearly missed
for her light,' they added]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-donation.html

[arista]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

although get well soon Anne

Sadly not
Her Life Support will be turned off.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by arista

Sadly not
Her Life Support will be turned off.

why?

[AnnieK]

They believe she is brain dead and will not survive her life support being removed.

They are keeping her on life support at the moment to see if any of her organs are viable for donation.

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

An earlier shot also shows Heche moments before the second accident at the wheel with a bottle of vodka with a red cap plonked in the cup holder

I know people get older but she's changed a lot and she's only 53.

The booze isn't a good sign.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

I know people get older but she's changed a lot and she's only 53.

The booze isn't a good sign.

I'm going to take a guess here and say she probably has a drinking problem, sounds like her life took a downward spiral

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I'm going to take a guess here and say she probably has a drinking problem, sounds like her life took a downward spiral

Turns out she was on drugs ~ no mention of drink , bit odd.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by hijaxers

Turns out she was on drugs ~ no mention of drink , bit odd.

There's a bottle of Vodka in her car though

[arista]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

They believe she is brain dead and will not survive her life support being removed.

They are keeping her on life support at the moment to see if any of her organs are viable for donation.

Yes normal for America to do that for organ
matching
to keep other patients alive.

[bitontheslide]

if i'm honest, i would say i'm glad she didnt kill anyone else

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

if i'm honest, i would say i'm glad she didnt kill anyone else

The knee jerk reaction is to show no pity but good decent people get caught out by drink/drugs and clearly not thinking about the consequences.

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I'm going to take a guess here and say she probably has a drinking problem, sounds like her life took a downward spiral

Sadly.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Plenty people who have drinking problems would not dream of driving

the speed she was going i get the feeling it was a suicide attempt

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Plenty people who have drinking problems would not dream of driving

the speed she was going i get the feeling it was a suicide attempt

That was my initial thought too but I didn't like to speculate on something like that either

[The Slim Reaper]

Probably just trying to reverse park