Anne Heche slipped into coma, is in critical condition after fiery Mar Vista crash, rep says

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[Boomer]

The smoke was so thick and the fire so hot as reported by witnesses and firefighters that they were surprised Heche was alive.

If the skin burns were severe enough and covered enough of her body, that would be enough to take her out but she also has burned lungs that will not recover. I don’t see her chances being very good at this point but she could surprise everyone again. Then she would have to face a long healing process followed by prison time and a life of painful disability.

Dying would likely be a mercy for her at this point. At least she didn’t kill anyone.

[ought-six]

I heard some time ago that she had a real messed up childhood. I think I only saw her in one movie, and that was years ago. A volcano?

[ought-six]

She did not age gracefully. She looks...used up.

[day10]

Who is this person? Article after article is posted about her.

[Sebator]

You could read the article, Google it, or click on a thread and play stupid

[day10]

Not playing stupid - an actress of some kind. What makes her so important?

[Sebator]

Again, read

[Lurker]

“Anne can drive a stick shift.”

Not anymore.

L

[Drew68]

Infection is a big problem with burns. Doesn’t sound good.

Nope. Not good at all.

A lot of burn victims are lucid, talking, even walking around after being severely burned, only to quickly deteriorate.

[Fury]

Re: 67 - Asking people to read the article is like asking people to… do… things.

They won’t.

Videos that get posted - that I do rail against. But reading posted articles - not difficult to do.

[VTenigma]

You are most probably right. The damage in major burn cases escalates with time. The coma is an example of the body shutting down as the trauma deepens. Should she survive it won’t be a pleasant existence.

[Albion Wilde]

She probably sobered up enough to understand the gravity of what she had done, and it knocked her way out.

[ridesthemiles]

Don’t put her on your Christmas card list-—she won’t last that long.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I might point out that the act she committed was almost identical to that of the nurse who ploughed through an intersection and killed six people ... whose scalp everybody is now howling for, and rightly so.

Well, the nurse killed multiple people while Heche seems to have harmed no one but herself. If Heche had harmed anyone else, she'd also belong in prison. Both women drove recklessly and dangerously, but different outcomes - that leaves some room for sympathy.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Well, the nurse killed multiple people while Heche seems to have harmed no one but herself. If Heche had harmed anyone else, she'd also belong in prison.

Legally, not morally.

[Subcutaneous Fishstick Blues]

Anne can drive a stick shift.
Actually, if you are familiar with BMWs (and Mini is owned by BMW) it looks like that is an automatic. BMW tends to make their automatic gear selector look sort of like a manual, except the knob is flat, not round, and much taller and thinner than on one of their manuals. You can see that in the picture.

[central_va]

It looked like her left leg was on the clutch. My mistake.

[Spktyr]

Normally, I would agree with you that the likelihood of her faking coma or other illness to avoid having to pay out was very high, but in this case I don’t think that’s what’s happening, given the witnesses and aerial recordings of visible burns.

[Night Hides Not]

Meanwhile, the rest of us have slipped into a banana republic.

And Biden has plagiarized a page from Caesar, by crossing the Rubicon.

[Spktyr]

Estimates from video footage are generally agreed to be 90+ mph.