Anne Heche, who was involved in two car collisions, was taken to the hospital last Friday. The second crash set off a fire that left Anne Heche severely burned. A few days later, Heche’s representatives shared that the actress was in “critical condition”Since the accident, he had not been conscious again. Now reported details have come in about Heche’s toxicology report, but the findings are complicated.
TMZUnnamed law enforcement sources have confirmed that Anne Heche wasn’t under the influence of alcohol, but cocaine during her accident. The Los Angeles Police Department reportedly tested the actress’ blood after she was admitted to the hospital and found traces of not just cocaine in her system, but fentanyl too. However, regarding the fentanyl, it’s unclear if the fentanyl comes from the hospital staff giving it to her as pain medication, or if it was in her system when she crashed her car. Furthermore, the publication describes Heche’s condition as “dire,”As it turns out, the actress has not seen any improvement since she was admitted to the hospital.
If you’re out of the loop on what’s happened with Anne Heche, around noon on August 5 in the Mar Vista neighborhood in west Los Angeles, the actress reportedly crashed her blue Mini Cooper into the garage of an apartment complex. The actress then drove away and then crashed into a nearby house. It was this crash that set off the fire, engulfing both her house and her car in flames. It took firefighters approximately 65 minutes to extricate Heche from the vehicle. Later, she fell into a coma. Her representatives said that she had been drinking. “significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention.”
Assuming this information about the cocaine and fentanyl is accurate, that clears up a little bit more about what’s happened withAnne Heche, although there are still many questions that remain unanswered, including what she’d been doing immediately before this accident. The LAPD opened an investigation into what happened on Friday, but as of yet still haven’t officially released any findings, because as already mentioned, this latest information was passed along from anonymous sources.
In the aftermath of Anne Heche’s accident, James Tupper and Thomas Jane, both of whom were previously romantically involved with the actress, shared messages of support for the Donnie Brasco star. Ellen DeGeneres, who dated Heche from 1997 to 2000, also broke her silence on what happened, saying that while the two haven’t been in touch, she doesn’t “want anyone to be hurt.” A GoFundMeHeche’s victims have also received a grant to help them.
CinemaBlend will continue passing along updates about Anne Heche’s condition and additional information surrounding this terrible event.