Eyewitnesses Describe Anne Heche’s ‘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, eyewitnesses from the neighbourhood are 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 Fox News. “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.

Bernstein explained that the car drove “almost all the way through” the house and “almost immediately” caught fire, while another neighbour, Dave, managed to speak with Heche while unsuccessfully trying to free her from the badly mangled vehicle.

Asked if she was okay, Bernstein said, “She responded that she wasn’t doing real well. He actually talked to her briefly. Yeah, he asked her to raise her hand or something… if she was okay and she said she couldn’t.” After witnessing the magnitude of the fiery crash, Bernstein added, “We were just looking inside, going ‘How could you survive that?’ Because we had a hard time breathing even outside of the house.