Anne Heche died at the age of 53 after a fatal car accident. Eventually the cause of his death has been revealed. According to Page Six, Heche died in an August 5 car accident from inhaling fumes and thermal injuries. The Los Angeles County medical examiner-coroner listed a sternal fracture due to blunt trauma, which was thought to be accidental, as a contributing factor to his death.
As Page Six reports, sternal fractures result from a man’s chest hitting the steering wheel, with a slightly higher incidence in female drivers. Heche, who was declared brain dead on 12 August, was taken off life support on 15 August after being matched with an organ donor recipient. “We have lost a bright light, a kindest and most joyous soul, a loving mother and a loyal friend. Anne will be greatly missed, but she will be missed through her beautiful sons, her distinguished body of work and her passionate advocacy. survives,” Heche’s representative told Page Six at the time.
He added, “His bravery to stand up for truth, spread his message of love and acceptance will have a lasting impact.”
The Emmy winner crashed her Mini Cooper into an L.A. home in the Mar Vista neighborhood, which caught fire on the afternoon of Aug. Witnesses said he slammed into the garage of a nearby apartment complex before backing up and moving fast.
Los Angeles Police Department West Traffic Division officials previously confirmed that he rammed another vehicle, which caught fire, before bulldozing the house. Heche’s representative told Page Six that he suffered severe anoxic brain injury, a significant pulmonary injury that required mechanical ventilation and surgical intervention for burns.
The actor went into a coma and never regained consciousness. Investigators were reportedly able to determine that she was under the influence of cocaine at the time of the accident.
Heche’s family consists of 20-year-old son Homer Laffoon, whom she co-raised with ex-husband Coleman ‘Collie’ Laffoon, and 13-year-old son Atlas Heche Tupper, whom she shares with ex-boyfriend James Tupper.
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