american actress Anne Heche he is in critical condition and “there is no hope that he will survive” after suffering a severe brain injury in an accident on August 5 in Los Angeles, California. The information was confirmed through a statement released by his family.
“Unfortunately, Anne suffered a severe anoxic encephalopathy and remains in a critical coma. not expected to survive. His choice was always donate your organs and is kept on a life support system to determine if any of them are viable, “they said.
And they added: “We want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers for Anne’s recovery and thank the dedicated staff and wonderful nurses who took care of Anne. at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills Hospital.”
“Anne had a big heart and touched everyone she met with her generous spirit,” said one of her representatives. And she closed: “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.”.
Heche was hospitalized after the car she was traveling in crashed into a house in the Mar Vista neighborhood.
According to police, the vehicle involved in the accident – a blue Mini Cooper – was speeding down a residential street and possibly collided with the curb before hitting the front yard and the building. The incident caused a fire whose extinction required several crews of firefighters. 59 crews were employed and it took 65 minutes to fully contain and extinguish the fire.
The home’s occupant was not injured in the crash, which caused significant damage to the front of the small home, rendering it uninhabitable. Minutes before the tragedy, Heche was involved in another accident at a nearby apartment complex.
His spokeswoman Heather Duffy Boylston detailed four days after the accident that The 53-year-old woman was in a coma after the severe collision, with burns that required surgery and lung injuries that required the use of a ventilator to breathe..
Last Thursday, the Los Angeles Police Department revealed that it was investigating the actress for driving under the influence of alcohol. The detectives, with the help of a search warrant, they took a sample of his blood and found narcotics in his systemsaid the spokesman for the force, Jeff Lee.
Toxicology tests remain, studies that can take weeks to complete, to identify drugs more clearly and differentiate them from any medication you may have been given for the treatment you received in hospital.
So far, the reasons for the accident remain unclear. The security forces continue to collect evidence to clarify the facts. Once the investigation is complete, the case will go to prosecutors..
Heche was one of the most prominent movie stars in Hollywood in the late 1990s. She acted alongside other celebrities such as Johnny Depp (Donnie Brasco) y Harrison Ford (six days, seven nights). He recently had recurring roles on the television series “Chicago PD” y “All Rise”.
The actress was in a relationship between 1997 and 2000 with the famous comedian Ellen DeGeneres. “Our time together was a beautiful part of my life. I would not have achieved anything I did if I had not fallen in love with her,” Heche said in an episode of Dancing with the Stars Two years ago.
He then rebuilt his life with cameraman Coleman Laffoon, during one of the most turbulent moments of his existence. The couple, who have a son together, divorced in 2009, although Laffoon had filed for divorce two years earlier. The actress ended up falling in love with actor James Tupper and in 2008 she confirmed that she was expecting her second child. Ten years later, the couple announced their separation.
In 2001, he edited his memoir and revealed that he had struggled throughout his life with mental health issues.
With information from AFP and Associated Press