Anne Heche not expected to survive fiery crash into home, her family says

[ItsjustMe]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anne-heche-not-expected-survive-family-says-rcna42152

Actor Anne Heche suffered an "anoxic" brain injury and is not expected to survive, her spokesperson said Thursday, nearly a week after she crashed her car into a home in Los Angeles.

"It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable," the spokesperson said in a statement on behalf of her friends and family.

On Monday, Heche, 53, was in a coma and in “extreme” condition, her representative said. The spokesperson said the actor was “unconscious, slipping into a coma” following the crash.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Too bad for her. She could have killed people.

I learned that lesson 40 years ago....

[Walleye]

2. I do feel sorry for her family

[CentralMass]

3. :-(

[Lucinda]

4. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Calculating]

5. Unfortunate for her family and the woman whose house she burned down

If she wanted to commit suicide, she picked a selfish way to do it.

[Lithos]

15. Do you think suicidal people are aware of this?

n/t

[Hortensis]

27. Probably most of them, but are hurting too much to stop or don't care enough.

Some don't and some do want to hurt others, emotionally and/or physically. Noting though that, whether her stories were true or false, Heche hurt her mother and sister by spreading them nationally for years. Pretty selfish.

I'm sorry for her but very glad only she was hurt. And that she's already effectively RIP.

[shrike3]

37. Exactly right, yes.

They hurt so damn bad they don't care about anything but ending the pain.

[Hortensis]

38. Terrible for them, and also for those who understand too well.

[shrike3]

40. Yes

[JanMichael]

33. Not that it is OK but the woman referenced was renting the house. Not sure whose house burned.

[roamer65]

6. Farewell Deputy Superintendent Brennan.

I loved her in that role on Chicago PD.

[Lunabell]

7. So sad for her family.

Her substance abuse has finally (apparently) killed her. Sad. I didn't have to end this way.

[Raine]

8. Sad for her loved ones, at least she didn't kill anyone else

with her self destructive behavior.

[BootinUp]

9. Terribly sad and confusing. nt

[Demovictory9]

12. Agreed

[Skittles]

10. sad end

I think she battled mental health demons for a long time. Thankful she did not take out anyone else.

[Mysterian]

39. Compounded by drug abuse

And I don't mean weed and booze. The hard shit, including cocaine, will fuck you up.

[Skittles]

42. very often

people afflicted with mental health issues will do drugs, anything to make themselves feel different......even nicotine is very popular with people who have schizophrenia

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. ...

[Violet_Crumble]

13. Why am I supposed to care?

She's someone I don't know who could have killed innocent people while she drove like a fuckwit and destroyed someone's home. I've got no sympathy for hetr and am grateful she didn't kill anyone else.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

14. Because she's a human being replete with faults and foibles

who had a disease that would trash her judgement and impulse control.

[Lithos]

16. +1

This is an unfortunate reality

[Violet_Crumble]

19. It's bullshit, Lithos.

My nephew's friend was killed a few weeks ago when he was driving home from work late in the evening. It's a dual carriageway road I drive every day, but this time someone had stolen a car and raced another car on the wrong side of the road. Owen's friend didn't even have a chance to hit the brakes because they hit him going over a rise and he had no chance to avoid it. Am I a terrible person for wishing the person who hit his car had died as well instead of being a drain on the taxpayer dollar because they survived and am now a vegetable? Am I a terrible person for not caring if they live or die? I feel sorry for their family, and I feel sorry for that actress's family, but I don't feel sorry for them at all.

[Skittles]

43. sorry about your nephew

but it's not bullshit

[whathehell]

17. Thank you..

..Nice to see a compassionate response.

[Violet_Crumble]

18. What disease? And why was she still driving?

If she'd ploughed through an intersection and killed my entire family, I can guarantee you I'd go a fair bit beyond not caring, and I'd be hoping she suffered agonising pain for every last minute of her miserable life.

[pnwmom]

20. Drug addiction is a disease. And she only killed herself. n/t

[Violet_Crumble]

21. Let's focus on 'she only killed herself' first...

I'd agree that drug addiction is a disease, so let's move to the part that really bothers me.

She only killed herself. So, if the person who ploughed through an intersection and killed approx 5 people had come through a minute later when there wasn't any cross traffic and not killed anyone, we should have sympathy for them? Why? It's not like they cared if they hurt anyone else or not. It's just dumb luck that Anne Hirsch didn't kill anyone. I feel very sorry for her family, but I don't feel sorry for her. So many people have drug addictions and don't do what she did...

[BlackSkimmer]

32. And yet, on another thread, there's a poster determined to convince us all that there were NO drugs

involved. So go figure.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

22. Love you and hoping your anger will eventually abate.

[Violet_Crumble]

23. Love you too and it won't. I don't want it to. Ever n/t

[brooklynite]

28. ...and she was a celebrity.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be discussed any more than hundreds of other suicides.

[Demsrule86]

36. Because she is a human being.

[hlthe2b]

24. I am convinced this was a suicide attempt after reading more about her past

Raped by her preacher father at an early age repeatedly who transmitted herpes to her before contracting and dying of AIDS, leaving the family destitute, lost her brother to probable suicide (drove into a tree) the same year after her father's death, and dealt with an intensely angry homophobic mother leading to a lifelong estrangement, lost her sister to brain cancer in 2006...

And with a history of drug and alcohol abuse. Such a difficult life and one which I believe she was desperate to end.

[Mr. Sparkle]

25. CNN played the podcast she recorded, hours before the crash

she sounded totally out of it and should have been nowhere near a car. Tragic situation

[obamanut2012]

26. The podcast was recorded on a different day

[Mr. Sparkle]

29. Your right, her co-host said it was filmed a day or two earlier

Tmz said she appeared to have a small bottle of liquor in the car, which would help explain her erratic behavior .

[BlackSkimmer]

34. According to reports, cocaine was a factor, but not alcohol.

A sad waste of talent. She had the money and means to seek help for her demons, but for whatever reason, she chose not to do so.

[kentuck]

30. This is such a sad story.

She always seemed to be a tortured soul to me. I don't think she realized how beautiful she really was? Very sad.

[Baitball Blogger]

31. I hope they can confirm that the gas pedal did not stick.

That can happen. One way to find out if she responded to it, is if the brakes burned out as she attempted to stop the car.

It has happened before.

Because, picking a residential community to go full Mario Andretti, even with the intent to commit suicide, is whack.

[Wingus Dingus]

35. I'm guessing her lung damage became fully manifested, or she had

a brain injury that resulted in swelling? Sad story all around.

[sarisataka]

41. Tragic for her and her family

However at least she did not kill or injure an innocent person in the process