Actress Anne Heche attends the WIN Awards at the Santa Monica Bay Womans Club on December 11, 2013 in Santa Monica, California.
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Actress Anne Heche attends the WIN Awards at the Santa Monica Bay Womans Club on December 11, 2013 in Santa Monica, California.
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Anne Heche’s supporters and detractors took to Twitter to respond to media reports that the 53-year-old Emmy-winning actress was hospitalized following a car crash Friday in a residential area. reside in Los Angeles.
TMZ broke the story, saying the actress was speeding in her blue Mini Cooper when she crashed into two houses, two in turn, setting the second on fire. “Anne was clearly burned in the fire,” TMZ reported. “We are told she is currently in the intubated hospital but is expected to live.”
Country actress Rosanna Arquette called the incident “really tragic” and asked people to “pray” for Heche, who is known for his roles in 1990s films such as the Gus Van remake. Santa Mental and Donnie Brasco, in which she co-starred with Johnny Depp.
Anne Heche is in the hospital suffering from severe burns from a car accident, which is very tragic indeed. Pray for her.
– rosanna arquette (@RoArquette) August 5, 2022
Screenwriter Steve Huff sympathized with Heche, calling attention to the actress’ long and open struggle with mental health issues.
This is sad. She is quite open about her mental health challenges but as anyone who has had a loved one with some disorder knows, there are many people who never get the proper treatment for their illness. a long time.https://t.co/HRA89m0IRZ
– STEVE HUFF (@SteveHuff) August 5, 2022
Twitter user Rich Keith echoed the sentiments of many on the social media platform by expressing sympathy not to Heche but to the homeowner whose house caught fire by accident.
What about the people in the house she crashed into and caused the fire? Oh, I’m sorry, am I the bad guy to ask that?
– RichKeith (@RichKeith11) August 6, 2022
Neither the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) nor the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) were willing to identify the person or persons involved in the accident. “We do not release the names of the victims,” an LAPD spokesman told NPR.
But according to the fire department’s report on the second fire-related accident, “59 firefighters took 65 minutes to reach, contain and completely extinguish the stubborn fire inside the damaged structure.” severely damaged, and rescued an adult woman found in the vehicle, who was taken to an area hospital in critical condition by LAFD Paramedics. No other injuries were reported.”
Heche managers and agents did not respond to NPR’s request for comment.
