The woman whose house actress Anne Heche crashed into is ‘lucky’ to be alive after she was in another area of her home at the time of the incident.
Heche, who is known for roles in soap opera Another World and the films Donnie Brasco and Volcano, was injured in a crash when a vehicle burst into flames upon hitting a house.
According to reports from NBCLA, a blue Mini Cooper was seen speeding along a residential street before driving 30ft into a home in Mar Vista, and the 53-year-old Emmy Award-winning actress was taken to hospital by ambulance after being removed from the scene on a stretcher.
Speaking after the collision, a representative for Heche confirmed that she is ‘currently in a stable condition’, with the rep adding to People: ‘Her family and friends ask for your thoughts and prayers and to respect her privacy during this difficult time.’
Now a neighbour of the person whose house Heche hit, Lynne Mishele, has spoken out over the crash.
Lynne Bernstein, said the tenant ‘was extremely fortunate’ to survive the accident with no injuries, along with her dogs and turtle, due to her being in another section of the small house.
According to Bernstein, Mishele ‘was in shock’, noting to People: ‘I don’t think she got what was going on. She said, “What happened? What happened?”‘
Bernstein went on to claim Heche’s vehicle went ‘almost all the way through’ Mishele’s house and ‘almost immediately’ caught fire – with reports surfacing it took 59 firefighters to tackle the blaze.
Following the incident, Mishele’s fellow neighbours John and Jennifer Durand launched a GoFundMe to help cover the cost of replacing her belongings destroyed in the fire.
A statement on the page read: ‘Lynne lives with her beautiful pups Bree and Rueban, and tortoise Marley in the Mar Vista home that was destroyed this week by a car driving into the home at a high rate of speed, catching the house on fire. Lynne and her family very narrowly escaped physical harm, and for that we are very, very grateful.’
It’s since been confirmed that Heche is intubated, which is when a person has a tube fitted through their nose or mouth, and that she has also suffered burns from the incident.
Footage obtained by TMZ appeared to show the same blue Mini Cooper crashing into garages of an apartment complex shortly before the second crash, with residents ordering the driver out of the vehicle.
It is then seen reversing before speeding off away from the garages.
It was reported that the crash caused a large fire inside the property, and it took 59 firefighters more than an hour to ‘access, confine and fully extinguish the stubborn flames within the heavily damaged structure.’
One woman was found inside the car and taken to hospital, the LA Fire Department confirmed, and the homeowner was unharmed.
The property, however, is now ‘uninhabitable’ following the fire damage.
A neighbour told NBCLA: ‘The house was tons of smoke. I think they used the crane to move the car. It was crazy.’
Following the incident, stars spoke out on social media, with Rosanna Arquette tweeting: ‘Anne Heche is in the hospital severely burned from a car accident this is really tragic. Pray for her.’
Actor James Tupper, Heche’s ex-partner of more than 10 years, shared a post on Instagram of her with their son Atlas.
‘Thoughts and prayers for this lovely woman, actress and mother tonight anneheche 💔 we love you,’ he wrote.
Heche, who has also appeared in films including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Gus Van Sant’s horror remake Psycho as well as TV show Ally McBeal, is a mother to son Atlas, and Homer, from her previous marriage to Coleman Laffoon.
Heche is also known for her high-profile relationship with Ellen DeGeneres in the late 1990s.
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