CINEMA: US actress Anne Heche’s family announces no chance of survival

The fam­i­ly of Amer­i­can actress Anne Heche has announced that she will not be saved after a car acci­dent ear­li­er this week set her car on fire.

The actress said her coma con­tin­ued and she had “severe anaer­o­bic brain dam­age” when her brain ran out of oxygen.

“We thank every­one who prayed for her Ann’s recov­ery and thank her ded­i­cat­ed staff and won­der­ful nurs­es,” she added.

Last week, her car crashed into a two-sto­ry house in Los Angeles.

Police said Fri­day that pre­lim­i­nary blood tests had detect­ed the drug in her body, but addi­tion­al tests were need­ed to rule out the sub­stance giv­en to her at the hospital.

The Los Ange­les Police Depart­ment told PA that the inci­dent was being inves­ti­gat­ed as a DUI traf­fic col­li­sion offence.

The 53-year-old mum of two has appeared in films such as Don­nie Bras­co, Cedar Rapids and the 1998 remake of Psycho.

Heche also appeared in “Danc­ing with the Stars,” the US equiv­a­lent of “Strict­ly Com Dancing.”

She is also the for­mer part­ner of Amer­i­can host Ellen DeGeneres.

Accord­ing to the Los Ange­les Fire Depart­ment, Heche’s car slammed into a two-sto­ry home 30 feet (9.1 meters) before it start­ed a “mas­sive fire,” ren­der­ing the home “unin­hab­it­able.”

The actress is being treat­ed at West Hills Hos­pi­tal’s Gross­man Burn Cen­ter, where she is on life sup­port to deter­mine if an organ dona­tion is pos­si­ble, her fam­i­ly said in a statement.