Anne Heche in critical condition after fiery car crash
“Anne is in the ICU, she’s lucky to be alive. She suffered severe burns and is far from recovering. Her team and her family are still trying to work out what led to the accident.” a source close to Heche told CNN on Saturday. morning.
Los Angeles police officer Jeff Lee told CNN Friday that the vehicle was traveling at high speed when it veered off the road and collided with a residential area.
Heche was taken by paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department to a local hospital in critical condition. The LAFD said it took firefighters more than an hour to “reach, contain and completely extinguish the stubborn fire inside the heavily damaged structure”.
No other injuries were reported.
CNN has reached out to a representative for Heche for comment.
Heche first rose to fame with the soap opera “Another World”, where she played the dual role of twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love from 1987 to 1991 and won a Daytime Emmy Award. She followed that up with films like “Donnie Brasco,” “Six Days Seven Nights,” and “Wag the Dog.”
Heche, who dated DeGeneres from 1997 to 2000 said: “I haven’t taken a studio photo in 10 years.