Anne Heche (Picture Credit: AFP)
American actor Anne Heche is “not expected to survive” after suffering a serious brain injury in a car accident in Los Angeles last week, US media have reported.
The fire accident left 53-year-old Anne Heche with “serious anoxic brain injury,” according to a statement from a representative cited by multiple outlets on Thursday.
“It has long been her choice to donate her organs and to be placed on life support to determine if any are viable,” the statement said.
It also thanked Anne Heche’s well-wishers as well as those caring for her at West Hills Hospital’s Grossman Burn Center.
“Anne had a huge heart and touched everyone with her generous spirit,” the statement said.
“More than her extraordinary talent, she saw spreading kindness and joy as her life’s work—especially moving the needle in acknowledging the one you love. She will be remembered for her courageous honesty and Will be fondly remembered for his light.”
Anne Heche has been unconscious since her car crashed into a two-story home in the Mar Vista neighborhood on August 5, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department, resulting in “structural compromise and … a massive fire” at the scene. .
The department said it took 59 firefighters 65 minutes to douse and douse the fire completely.
Los Angeles police said in a statement Thursday that they would test Anne Heche’s blood, and that investigators intended to “present the case to the appropriate prosecuting office,” although they did not specify a charge.
Local media reported the same day that initial tests had come back positive for narcotics, although more were needed to ensure that drugs were not administered during his treatment.
Celebrity gossip outlet TMZ, citing unnamed police sources, said Heche had tested positive for cocaine and fentanyl, the latter sometimes used for pain relief in clinical settings.
Anne Heche starred in several films of the 1990s, including “six days, seven nights,,Donnie Brasco” And “I Know What You Did Last Summer,
Anne Heche is also known for her role in the soap opera “another world“for which he won a Daytime Emmy in 1991.
During the 1990s, she was in a high-profile relationship with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.
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