Anne Heche's crash site

Crash Site Location Los Angeles, California

This is the location where actress Anne Heche died in a car accident.

It is situated at 1766 Walgrove Avenue in Los Angeles, California.

Heche was best known for starring in Hollywood movies such as Donnie Brasco (1997), I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), and Six Days, Seven Nights (1998). She also portrayed Vicky Hudson and Marley Love on NBC's soap opera Another World.

On August 5th, 2022, a doorbell camera captured Heche speeding eastward along Preston Way. Seconds later, her blue Mini Cooper crashed through the living room wall of this house on Walgrove Avenue.

A Ring doorbell on Preston Way captured her vehicle speeding through the neighborhood. It took the actress four seconds to drive between the doorbell camera and the crash site. Google Maps shows that the distance between these two points is 150 meters. This indicates that she was driving approximately 80 miles per hour (129 km per hour).

Although the actress survived the initial impact, she suffered severe burns, a fractured sternum, and serious brain damage.

House — This Google Street View image of the house was taken in December 2022.

When the first witness arrived at the scene, the blaze was so heavy and unapproachable that he was thoroughly convinced the motorist was already dead. By that stage, the flames were inside the car, and the thick black smoke had become too much to bear.

Despite this, Heche managed to stay alive.

Unfortunately, she was sitting in her vehicle for 30 minutes before she was finally rescued. During this period, the oxygen supply to her brain was severely restricted due to smoke inhalation.

This Google Street View image shows what it would have looked like from her perspective.

Video footage from an overhead news helicopter showed Heche struggling with the paramedics as they attempted to wheel her into the ambulance.

It is likely that this reaction was caused by a combination of shock and pain. She may also have been completely disoriented due to her brain injury.

After being loaded into the back of an ambulance, she eventually lost consciousness.

Helicopter footage — This is helicopter footage of the scene. Conspiracy theorists on social media claimed that Heche had been murdered because she was working on Girl in Room 13 (2022), which is a television movie about trafficking. However, filming had finished long before the crash occurred. It was released one month later, on September 17th, 2022.

On August 11th, Heche's family announced that she was in a coma and that she wasn't expected to survive her injuries.

Later that day, the 53-year-old was legally declared dead. However, her body was kept on life support so that the medical team could assess whether or not her organs could be donated.

On August 14th, it was announced that doctors had performed the donation procedure and that Heche's body had been taken off life support.

Earlier that morning, at around 10.45 a.m., Heche was recorded driving along this section of Cabrillo Avenue. Onlookers said the actress was speeding and circling back and forth. This road is 1.3 miles southwest of the garage that she crashed into on Lake Street. It takes roughly 6 minutes to drive between the two locations. A special thanks to Stephan Krueger (@stubbenkammer on Twitter) for locating where this footage was captured.
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The house on Walgrove Avenue was left structurally compromised following the fatal crash. The homeowner also lost many of her personal possessions in the ensuing fire.

This Google Street View image of 1766 Walgrove Avenue was taken in February 2022.

Shortly before the incident, Heche had collided with a garage wall near Lake Street. Although photographs appeared to show a bottle of liquor in her cupholder, it was later determined that there was no alcohol in her system.

First crash — The first crash occurred at the corner of this garage building off Lake Street.
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When bystanders asked the actress to get out of the car, she refused and drove off again.

At that point, she raced along Preston Way at a high speed before crashing into this house.

Map — Heche's first collision occurred at the back of 1130 Lake Street, when she struck the corner of a garage. Although bystanders surrounded her Mini Cooper and pleaded with her to get out of the vehicle, she refused and drove off. At that point, she turned left, right, and then left again. Shortly before the final crash, a doorbell camera captured her speeding along Preston Way.

Location

The address and GPS coordinates for the house are as follows:

Address

1766 Walgrove Avenue, Los Angeles, California, CA 90066, USA

GPS Coordinates

34.004428, -118.451645

34°00'15.94"N 118°27'05.92"W

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Area Information

📍 The house is situated in Mar Vista, which is in the west of Los Angeles. It is relatively close to the Santa Monica Pier and Santa Monica Airport.

Private Property Warning

This is private property, not a public space. Please respect the owners and do not enter without permission. Entry without permission is trespassing and may be met with legal or other serious consequences.

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