Anne Heche slips into coma after horror car crash

The US actress is fighting for life after a fiery car crash in LA, with her rep revealing she has since slipped into a coma.

Anne Heche is fighting for life after her horror car crash.

The US actress’ representative told Fox Newsthat she is “in an extreme critical condition” following the fiery collision on Friday, local time.

“She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention,” the rep said.

“She is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident.”

TheNew York Postreported that Los Angeles Police Department had received a warrant to test the Vanished actress’ blood to determine whether she was under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs at the time of the accident.

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US actress Anne Heche has slipped into a coma. Picture: Lisa O'Connor/AFP

Heche was left ‘severely burned’ after a fiery car crash in Los Angeles, with alcohol allegedly a contributing factor to the accident. Picture: Fox 11

Officers believe Heche, 53, may have been intoxicated when she ploughed her blue Mini Cooper into an LA home, igniting a massive fire that torched her and her car.

“The info we received this morning was a warrant that was obtained the same day as the traffic collision, which was August 5. The warrant was to draw blood, and an investigation is ongoing pending the blood test results,” a rep for the LAPD said.

“If found intoxicated, [Heche] could be charged with misdemeanour DUI hit and run. No arrests have been made so far.”

US broadcasters aired confronting images after the crash. Picture: Fox 11

A red-capped bottle could be seen in Heche’s car’s cupholder in a photo TMZ reports was taken before the accident.

According to eyewitnesses, the actress first crashed into the garage of a nearby apartment complex but backed up and sped off before residents could help her.

Officials with the LAPD West Traffic Division have confirmed she hit another vehicle before slamming into the house that went up in flames.

Photos from the scene captured Heche being put on a stretcher and showed serious injuries to her back, while aerial shots documented smoke billowing out of the house into which she drove as well as numerous fire trucks surrounding the area.

Heche, also known for a high-profile romance with Ellen DeGeneres in the 1990s, has been open about her struggles with substance abuse.

Heche dated Ellen DeGeneres in the ‘90s. Picture: Jim Ruymen/AFP

“I drank. I smoked. I did drugs. I had sex with people. I did anything I could to get the shame out of my life,” she told ABC News in 2020, explaining that she spent much of her childhood getting sexually abused by her father.

“I’m not crazy,” the Six Days Seven Nights star said at the time.

“But it’s a crazy life. I was raised in a crazy family. And it took 31 years to get the crazy out of me.”

This article originally appeared on The New York Post and was reproduced with permission