Actress Anne Heche in a coma and her condition is «extremely critical» after fiery accident

• Actress Anne Heche fell into a coma after a fiery crash in Los Angeles.
• The star’s rep said that Heche is in an «extremely critical» condition.
• Anne Heche has been hospitalized since her car crashed and was engulfed in flames.

Actress Anne Heche fell into a coma and her condition is «extremely critical» after her fiery car crash in Los Angeles last Friday. Her representative released a statement to the press on Monday.

“Despite previous reports that Heche was stable, shortly after the accident, Anne Heche became unconscious, slipping into a coma and is in critical condition,» the actress’ representative told ABC News.

Has Anne Heche regained consciousness?

“She is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident,” said the spokesperson for the 53-year-old performer who has a “significant” lung injury and requires machine-assisted breathing at the moment, according to EPH.

«At this time Anne is in extreme critical condition,» the representative told Reuters in a text message, adding that Heche «has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention.»

Anne Heche’s vehicle was engulfed in flames

Heche has been in the hospital since Friday, August 5, 2022, when she crashed her blue Mini Cooper at high speed into a house in the Mar Vista area in Los Angeles and the vehicle was engulfed in flames.

The car that Heche was driving was going so fast that it left the road and caught fire when it hit the building. The actress was seriously burned. Although Heche’s representative reported on Saturday that the actress was «stable», her condition has worsened in recent hours while her family asks her fans to pray for her.

Almost 60 firefighters worked to get the actress out of the rubble

According to ABC News, up to 59 firefighters worked to remove Heche from the rubble so she could be transported to a nearby hospital in an operation that lasted 65 minutes. There have been questions about why it took over an hour to rescue her from the flames.

Heche was able to communicate with difficulty at the time of her rescue, but lost consciousness soon after and has not regained consciousness. Heche’s condition when she got behind the wheel of her car have also been the subject of intense controversy in recent hours, after she was recorded driving recklessly and erratically before the crash.

What caused the terrible crash?

In fact, she was involved in another minor traffic incident just a few blocks before her accident. The Los Angeles Police Department took blood samples from Heche and continues to investigate whether she was driving under the influence of alcohol.

Heche, who had high-profile relationships with actress Ellen DeGeneres and actor James Tupper, rose to fame in the late 1980s with her portrayal of Vicky Hudson and Marley Love on the soap opera Another World. She established herself in Hollywood with the films Donnie Brasco (1997), «Volcano» (1997) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997).