Anne Heche is now officially under investigation for felony DUI, stemming from last Friday’s crash.
The Los Angeles Police Department told Fox News Digital on Thursday that initially there were no reported injuries connected with the incident for the victims involved. In that situation, all potential charges would have been misdemeanors. However, LAPD “later learned that there was a victim who was injured and that victim who was injured obtained medical attention.”
Police say Lynne Mishele, the woman who lived at the home Heche destroyed, was hit by some debris, and had smoke-related injuries as well. She was not hospitalized, but “she was very traumatized, psychologically traumatized.” But Officer Olin Osborne cautions, “We don’t want to prejudice people based on a preliminary report that has not been confirmed.”
Heche, 53, sustained burn injuries and was conscious and able to communicate when she was removed from the burning vehicle on the day of the accident. She was sitting up as she was lifted into the ambulance.
Although Heche was originally listed as “critical” the day of the accident, her condition improved and reports of her being in ‘stable condition’ the following day surfaced.
On Monday, police admitted that they suspected Heche was under the influence, yet no sobriety test was conducted at the time of the crash because of her “condition” despite the fact that she was “conscious and breathing”. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a warrant has since been obtained for a sample of blood.
The results of the blood test are pending, and the investigation is ongoing. LAPD officials confirmed that if Heche is found to have been intoxicated during the crash, she will be charged with a DUI hit-and-run.
What appeared to be a slow and steady recovery has now taken a sudden turn for the worse. The ‘Six Days Seven Nights’ star is now currently in “extreme critical condition,” her representative told Fox News Digital, and has fallen into a coma.
“She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention,” according to Heche’s rep, saying she “has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident.”
