Woman ‘extremely fortunate’ to be alive after Anne Heche crashed into her home
Global News
After Anne Heche crashed into a woman's home, a community is now coming together to help the Los Angeles resident 'start over' and move on from 'the place she loves.'
Neighbours of the Los Angeles woman whose house was destroyed when actor Anne Heche crashed her car into the building on Friday morning said she “was extremely fortunate” to survive the destruction.
In an interview with People magazine, Lynne Mishele’s neighbour, Lynne Bernstein, said Mischele miraculously survived the crash and subsequent house fire with no injuries.
Heche has been hospitalized since the incident and suffered burns to parts of her body. A representative for the Daytime Emmy Award winner said that Heche is “currently in stable condition.”
Mischele, her two dogs and pet tortoise all survived the crash, the neighbour claimed. Bernstein told the outlet Mischele was in another area of the small home during the accident.
Bernstein, who witnessed the crash, said Heche, 53, drove a blue Mini Cooper “almost all the way through” the small home. He claimed the vehicle caught fire “almost immediately.”
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) responded to the incident shortly before 11 a.m. on Friday. In a statement, the department said it took 59 firefighters about 65 minutes to extinguish the “stubborn flames.”
The LFAD said the accident caused “structural compromise” and “heavy fire” to the single-storey residence.
The owners of the destroyed home, John and Jennifer Durand, have since launched a GoFundMe page to “help Lynne start over.”