LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police are investigating actor Anne Heche in connection with driving under the influence as well as hit-and-run after she crashed her car into a Mar Vista house, igniting a fire, Friday.
Los Angeles police Officer Anne Hernandez confirmed that detectives investigating the crash in the 1700 block of South Walgrove Avenue obtained a search warrant for the actor's blood at the hospital to see whether she was under the influence. Heche, 53, is listed in stable condition after she was pulled by L.A. firefighters from the wreckage of her burned Mini Cooper.
Fifty-nine firefighters responded. In the moments before impact, Heche was captured on video crashing into a garage of an apartment building, then narrowly missing a pedestrian before she struck a nearby Jaguar, according to video made public by law enforcement sources.