Heche has been in a coma since she was involved in a fiery car crash on Friday, August 5.
After spending nearly a week in a coma, Anne Heche is not expected to survive, per TMZ. She she’s been unconscious since shortly after a fiery car crash on Friday, August 5.
On Thursday night, “family and friends of Anne Heche” released a statement detailing the heartbreaking prognosis. “We want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers for Anne’s recovery and thank the dedicated staff and wonderful nurses that cared for Anne at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills hospital,” read the statement.
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“Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche continues a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition. She not expected to survive, the statement”. “It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable.”
“Anne had a huge 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 –especially moving the needle for acceptance of who you love,” the family and friend’s statement. “She will be remembered for her courageous honesty and dearly missed for her light.”
TMZ was first with the story, revealing that Heche was driving at a high speed when she “struck a house, burst into flames and came to rest 30 feet inside the two-story home,” per the Los Angeles Fire Department. The crash set part of the structure on fire.
After obtaining a blood sample, authorities determined that the actress was “under the influence of cocaine,” per TMZ, and possibly fentanyl as well. The outlet notes that fentanyl is sometimes used for pain management in hospitals, so further testing will need to occur to determine if it was in her system at the time of the accident.
Rosanna Arquette took to twitter after news broke that Heche wasn’t expected to survive the accident. “I’m very upset and said that Anne Heche is not expected to live,” she wrote. “And yes she she would have been arrested for driving under the influence and putting lives in danger. She still is a great artist and struggled with addition. She It’s terribly sad for her children and for her friends.”
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