The Los Angeles Medical Examiner ruled her death an accident caused by “inhalation and thermal injuries” compounded by a sternal fracture suffered in her shocking crash.star, 53, drove her car at a high speed into a one-story residence in Los Angeles’ Mar Vista neighborhood.
“The car did leave the roadway at the T intersection and went up over the curb. It was airborne before it went into the house and was approximately 30 feet inside the small home when it came to a rest,” Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey previously told Heche was rushed from the scene of the wild crash in critical condition.
“The home was well-involved in fire,” Humphrey said. “One woman who was home was at the back of the home and thankfully and miraculously escaped injury.” that detectives were able to test some of Heche’s blood via a search warrant. “The result does show narcotics,” he said. “We still need additional testing to tell if anything administered at the hospital is showing up in her system.”
A final autopsy report is still pending the results of toxicology testing that could take weeks, officials said.