Anne Heche, who was brain dead, was disconnected from mechanical assistance

American actress Anne Heche, who on August 5 had suffered an accident with her car that resulted in her brain death and remained connected to mechanical assistance equipment to evaluate her organ donation, was disconnected last night. August 14, from the mechanical assistance equipment, the Hollywood reporter’s website reported citing his representative.

“Anne Heche was peacefully removed from life support,” Holly Baird said in a statement last night.

the actress of Psychosis Y six days, seven nights was declared legally dead in the state of California on Friday, but it continued to be connected to mechanical assistance equipment so that its organs would continue to function while waiting for them to be donated and used in case of transplant compatibility.

Heche, 53, had spent several days in a coma at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center after his Mini Cooper left the highway on August 5 and crashed into a house causing an intense fire.

The accident she was involved in

The actress managed to be rescued from her vehicle and was hospitalized in critical condition. Later, yesand determined to be brain deadwhich under California law means she is legally dead, but was kept alive so that OneLegacy, an organ procurement organization, could see if it was a match for organ donation.

Heche was married to actress and presenter Ellen DeGeneres and became famous thanks to her award-winning participation in the telenovela Another worldas well as starring several years later in the series Men in the trees.

Meanwhile, in the cinema, the interpreter took part in such titles as Donnie Brasco, volcano, I know what they did last summer, For a friend’s life, Back to heaven, lies that kill and in the remake by Gus van Sant Psychosisin which he recreated the famous scene of the stabbing in the shower.

fatal wounds

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. Were 59 firefighters who worked more than an hour to put out the fire.

They also assisted her in the hospital for major lung injuries and a box of anoxiathat is, the total deprivation of oxygen to the brain tissue.

LAPD reported that Heche – who had been a partner of Steve Martin and Ellen DeGeneres for three years – he was under investigation for the possible crime of driving under the influence of alcohol. The blood test performed on the actress “revealed the presence of drugs,” Los Angeles Police (LAPD) told Fox News.

“Based on the blood sample, the presence of drugs was detectedhowever, further tests are needed to rule out any substance that has been administered to the hospital as part of its medical treatment, ”the LAPD said.

Eventually, after her brain death, it was decided to disconnect her from mechanical assistance.

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