Anne Heche Recovering In Hospital After Fiery Car Crash Transcript

Speaker 1: (00:00)
A high speed ride ending in a fiery crash. The driver, Actress Anne Heche hospitalized with serious burns. Video obtained by TMZ shows the harrowing lead up. What appears to be Heche’s blue Mini Cooper first crashing into a garage in Los Angeles, reversing and speeding away. A witness captured what looks like Heche’s blue car flying down residential streets. A short time later, she crashed into a home

Speaker 2: (00:31)
Vehicle into a building, two story single family building with heavy smoke showing.

Speaker 1: (00:38)
Plowing straight through it and sparking a blaze that quickly engulfed the property.

Lynne Bernstein: (00:42)
And I could see the big hole in the house. I mean, it was all the way through the front room and into the back.

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Neighbors came running to find Heche in the car.

Lynne Bernstein: (00:50)
We were just thinking, by now, there’s just no way she could still be alive.

Speaker 1: (00:56)
The fire department pried Heche from a smoldering car and took her to a local hospital. Her spokesperson saying in a statement to NBC News on Saturday, Anne is currently in stable condition. Her family and friends ask for your thoughts and prayers and to respect her privacy during this difficult time. The LAPD saying that a traffic collision investigation is ongoing.

Speaker 1: (01:20)
It’s not the first time Heche has been in the spotlight for seemingly erratic behavior. The actress gained fame for her role in the soap opera, Another World, and in popular films in the 1990s. At the same time, her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres brought intense attention. She made headlines after they broke up in 2000 for a bizarre incident when she wandered through the desert outside Fresno, California, then knocked on a stranger’s door and entered their home. She later said she’d taken ecstasy before the drop in. Now, celebrities like Alec Baldwin sharing support on Instagram.

Alec Baldwin: (01:59)
I hope everything is okay. I hope you come through this.

Speaker 1: (02:01)
Others on social media criticizing Heche’s reckless driving, but mainly relief that no one else was hurt.

Miguel: (02:10)
An LAPD spokesperson tells NBC News they’re looking into misdemeanor hit and run incidents leading up to the crash. Meanwhile, the tenant of the home Heche crashed into is okay. Neighbors say so are her dogs. And one neighbor even started a GoFundMe page to help her. Chanel, back to you.

Chanel: (02:26)
My goodness. All right, Miguel. Thank you.

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