Anne Heche died a week after suffering a car accident

American actress Anne Heche He died at the age of 53, a week after suffering a car accident while driving at high speed on the streets of Los Angeles (USA).

The death was announced by her friend Nancy Davis in an Instagram post. and later confirmed by her family, who had previously reported that the actress had been in a coma for several days and with little chance of survival.

It was Friday, August 5, when Heche suffered an accident with her car while driving – presumably under the influence of narcotics – in the residential neighborhood of Mar Vista, Los Angeles. Due to the injuries from the accident, which caused a fire, it was known that he “did not expect to survive” the injuries caused by the incident.

He was in a coma in a California nursing home.

Yesterday the representative of the 53-year-old interpreter – remembered for her roles in Donnie Brasco (1997), six days and seven nightswith Harrison Ford, and the makeover of Psychosis– had communicated: “Unfortunately, due to the accident, Anne has suffered a serious brain anoxia injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition. She has no expectations of survival. She has long ago decided to donate her organs, and is being held. on life support to determine if any of them are viable. “

Heche was at the Grossman Burn Center, located at West Hills Hospital in California, as after the accident his Mini Cooper caught fire, which also hit the two-story house it struck. There were 59 firefighters who worked over an hour to put out the fire.

Lung injuries, anoxia and burns

He was also being treated in the hospital for severe lung injuries and a picture of anoxia, that is, the total deprivation of oxygen to the brain tissue.

LAPD reported that Heche, also famous for being Ellen DeGeneres’ companion for three years, was being investigated for the possible offense of drunk driving. But her abilities have not yet determined whether the narcotics found in her blood were the product of the drugs that were given to her when they assisted her.

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