Anne Heche is still in a coma with significant burns and lung damage following the accident last Friday in which she drove her car into a house in Los Angeles, according to her representatives.
Heche, 53, was taken to hospital in critical condition following the accident in the Mar Vista area of the city.
In a statement shared with the American media People, his representatives said: “He has a significant lung injury that requires mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgery.
“She is in a coma and has not regained consciousness shortly after the accident.”
Reports over the weekend suggesting he was driving at full speed down a Los Angeles street before crashing into the house and suffering severe burns.
According to the Los Angeles firefighters, the incident caused a “massive fire”, which was then extinguished after an hour. The crews took the driver to the hospital with “serious injuries”.
Such was the force of the impact that the blue Mini Cooper that Heche was driving penetrated 30 feet into the two-story house.
According to the Los Angeles firefighters, the occupant of the house was unharmed, but the property was left uninhabitable.
According to local media, the 53-year-old suffered severe burns. Photo: NBCLA
The neighbor of the house who was hit, who was the first at the scene of the accident, told Fox News: “I saw a car speeding past my house and moments later I heard a crash.
“[The car] he walked all over the house to the back of the house.
“The windows were broken, so I opened the back door of the car.”
“In the end he replied and said he wasn’t well, so it was tough.”
“I know they didn’t get her out of the car until the fire was practically put out.”
The neighbor added that he helped the person to leave the house after the accident.
Heche is known for her roles in films including Psycho, Donnie Brasco and Cedar Rapids – and previously dated Ellen DeGeneres between 1997 and 2000.
