Los Angeles woman’s neighbor destroyed home when actor Anne Heche crashed her car into the building on Friday morning said she was “extremely lucky” to have survived the devastation.
In an interview with People magazine, Lynne Bernstein, Lynne Mishele’s neighbor, said Mischele miraculously survived the crash and the ensuing house fire. unharmed.
Heche has been hospitalized since the incident and suffered burns to parts of his body. A representative for the Daytime Emmy Award winner said that Heche is “currently in a stable condition.”
The neighbor claimed that her two dogs and pet turtle both survived the crash. Bernstein told the Mischele store in a different area of the cottage during the crash.
Lynne Mishele, whose home was destroyed when Anne Heche crashed into the building on Friday.
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Bernstein, who witnessed the crash, said Heche, 53, drove a blue Mini Cooper “almost all the way” through the cottage. He claimed the car caught fire “almost instantly.”
The car driven by Anne Heche after the collision.
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Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) answered The incident happened just before 11 a.m. Friday. In a statement, the department said it took 59 firefighters about 65 minutes to put out the “stubborn fire”.
The LFAD said the accident caused “structural damage” and “severe fire” to the one-story home.
The owners of the demolished home, John and Jennifer Durand, have since launched a GoFundMe page to “help Lynne start over. “
Durands writes that the property was immediately red-tagged by the LAFD, meaning Mischele was told to evacuate from “the place she loves.”
Lynne Mishele’s home after the accident.
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The couple wrote on the GoFundMe page: “Lynne has lost all her possessions, mementos, all equipment for her business including laptop and iPad, all clothing and necessities. basic products, and all household items. “With the help of firefighters, she was able to pull some damaged furniture from the rubble. Everything else is gone.”
A burned photograph was found in Lynne Mishele’s home after the crash.
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Durands called Mischele “a kind and generous man”. They don’t mention Heche by name on the GoFundMe page.
As of the time of this writing, more than $63,000 of the $100,000 goal has been completed.
According to celebrity news website TMZ, Heche had previously crashed into the garage of another nearby apartment building before fleeing the scene. Soon, she went to Mischele’s house.
Television news video showed a blue Mini Cooper Clubman, badly damaged and burned, being pulled from the home, with a woman sitting on a stretcher and struggling as firefighters carried Heche. get on the ambulance.
No other injuries were reported, and no arrests were made. Police detectives are investigating.
A native of Ohio, Heche first rose to prominence on the NBC soap opera Another world from 1987 to 1991. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for this role.
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