Drugs found in Anne Heche's system following crash that left her in coma, police say
Actor Anne Heche, gravely injured and in a coma following a car crash last week, had drugs in her system and is being investigated for possibly driving under the influence.
LOS ANGELES — Actor Anne Heche, gravely injured and in a coma after a car crash last week, had drugs in her system and is being investigated for possibly driving under the influence, police said Thursday.
Heche, 53, was hospitalized in critical condition after the crash last Friday, which spread flames into a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Mar Vista, officials said.
"In preliminary testing, the blood draw revealed the presence of drugs," Los Angeles police said in a statement.
Police could not "comment right now on presence of cocaine, fentanyl or alcohol at this time,” they said. “That will be determined by the second test."
"The case is being investigated as felony DUI traffic collision," the statement said.
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