Ringcam video of Anne Heche speeding down a side street

[edbermac]

WTF?? The only time I drive that fast is on the freeway.

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[chowder66]

1. Wow. That's like the woman who killed 6 in Windsor Hills.

[SergeStorms]

2. Ridiculous.

Had she reached her intended destination, she would have arrived 30 seconds sooner. And for that 30 seconds saved she puts everyone's lives at risk.

[Demovictory9]

4. She was trying to crash

[hlthe2b]

21. Mental "break" or suicididal, given her well-documented history I think. For others, drug/alcohol

would likely be the explanation.

Very sad but the potential tragedy to others at least was averted this time.

[Sky Jewels]

25. Except she set someone's house on fire.

[BlackSkimmer]

23. She had already crashed once. Backed up and started off again, ending up in this crash.

I saw pics of her car. She's lucky to be alive.

[Demovictory9]

3. Scary!!!

[Coventina]

5. Totally irresponsible in a residential area. nt

[Laffy Kat]

6. Mayb she was having another psychotic break.

I think it happened once before while she was still with Ellen DeGeneres.

[BWdem4life]

7. Drunk driving insanity

She needs help.

[Mopar151]

8. Already hit something!

That much squeal in a straight line means some kind of suspension damage.

[Celerity]

14. she crashed into a house, flames everywhere, she is burnt badly

and

[Mopar151]

26. The noise I referred to occurs throughout the video, which precedes the big crash!

Probably hit a big curb along the way......

[liberalla]

9. Right around the 20 second mark, about 4 or 5 seconds after she zooms past, there's a sound

similar to a crash... anyone else notice?

[liberalla]

10. OMG - she was in a crash!

Just googled it

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/actress-anne-heche-critically-injured-in-fiery-car-crash-in-mar-vista/2958181/?amp=1

I hadn't heard about it, and wondered why a ringcam video would be posted.
Now I know.

[Haggard Celine]

11. Yeah, I noticed.

I wasn't sure I heard what I heard, but now that you mention it, I think I heard the impact. It's a wonder she survived. Right now she probably wishes that she didn't. All those burns have got to be painful. Even though the accident is likely her fault, I feel for her. I don't think her mental instability is her fault.

[LastDemocratInSC]

24. Severe burns are not always painful

because nerves can be burned away. But if the burns are deep enough to cause that infection is inevitable. It's a very bad situation.

[Bucky]

20. Thank you for mentioning that.

I saw your comment before I saw the video. And that's definitely what that sound was. Fortunately a neighbor I saw the crash and got the homeowner and her pets out before the fire spread around the house.

That same rescuer neighbor was apparently not able to get her out of the car and had to wait for the fire department to come pull the car out of the house put all the fires out

[Bucky]

12. Did she hurt someone or herself?

This is someone who doesn't need to be driving

[eShirl]

18. Severe burns, on ventilator in hospital.

[Kablooie]

13. Bizarre! This and yesterday's crash.

In two days, two middle aged women cause fiery crashes by driving at mad speeds.

It's rare that middle aged women speed like that.
It's rare that anyone speeds that fast in traffic and on neighborhood streets.
It's fairly rare that a crash is violent enough to cause a fire.

And all these things happened, two days in a row, in Los Angeles.

[Bucky]

15. some clues

When you read her Wikipedia page, you get a little more context to this accident.

Her mental illness and substance abuse issues would come out of a deeply religious and apparently homophobic family. Her father died of aids, what your mother describes as "died of homosexuality." Anne accuses her father sexually abusing her as a child, causing her to get an STD, however mother says that never happened and that she got the STD from a diaper rash. That mother now works as a counselor trying to "help" men give up homosexuality. So there's that

One of Anne's brothers died in a car crash as a teenager, which Anne claims was an act of suicide. The other members of the family deny that because his youth pastor assured them that he was so committed to Jesus Christ. So there's a lot of family trauma and abuse to unpack there. Add that to any substance abuse that might be going on (there's a photograph from earlier in Heche's drive yesterday that appears to show a red capped bottle of alcohol in her car), along with an actor who isn't getting much work anymore, and you have someone who might be very prone to accidents.

[Lucinda]

16. SHE IS WORKING A LOT N/T

[Bucky]

19. It's heartbreaking. And it gives context to the self-destructive behavior

Whether or not her father is guilty of the abuse that she accuses him of, and really we can't ever really know, it's pretty clear that there's other abuses going on there.

She has two children from to past relationships. I truly hope those kids are in their fathers' care, not hers full time, until she can get some permanent help

[Lucinda]

17. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Baitball Blogger]

22. There is also the possibility the gas pedal jammed.

It happened to me on a Toyota Celica. Gas pedal just floored one its own. I was in stopped traffic and I had to put two feet on the brakes and put all my weight down just to pull the car out of traffic and shut the engine off.

[Raine]

27. I feel sorry for the poor homeowner whose home she crashed into...

the woman's house was totally destroyed, it's uninhabitable.
The woman managed to save her two dogs and tortoise but now is without a place to live.