Eyewitness Describe ‘Horrific’ Car Crash: ‘How Could You Survive That?’

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As Anne Heche remains in stable condition in the ICU of an unnamed hospital after reportedly suffering severe burns after crashing her Mini Cooper into a house, an eyewitness from the neighbourhood is sharing new details of what took place.

One of these witnesses, Lynne Bernstein, described the crash as “horrific,” revealing the smoke was so thick from the fire while he attempted to help Heche exit her vehicle that breathing was difficult. READ MORE: Anne Heche Remains Hospitalized In ‘Stable’ Condition After Fiery Car Crash, Loved Ones Seek ‘Prayers’ “The smoke was just getting way too intense, we could hardly breathe,” Bernstein told <a href=”https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/anne-heches-horrific-car-crash-eyewitness-shares-terrifying-details-fiery-incident”>Fox News</a>. “The smoke was making it difficult to see.” Bernstein recalled that he and his wife saw the car barreling down their street at a “high rate of speed” just before his wife heard the vehicle smash into a neighbour’s house.

According to Bernstein, his neighbour, Dave, asked Heche if she was alright; she responded, indicating she wasn’t, with firefighters arriving on the scene shortly after.

The resident of the house that Heche has crashed into was “shocked,” and initially told the group of people who had gathered outside the to “get out of my house” before realizing a car had driven through her home; the resident of the house, Bernstein added, was “perfectly fine, thank God.” Heche, he noted, was “conscious,” but he wasn’t able to judge how “coherent” she was in the moments after crashing into the house, which ignited a fire that took 59 firefighters to extinguish.