US actor Anne Heche is reportedly in a coma and has not regained consciousness following a crash that left her vehicle "engulfed in flames".
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Heche, 53, was taken to hospital following the incident on Friday morning in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles and remains in a critical condition.
She is the former partner of US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres - the pair began dating in 1997 before separating in 2000 - and is known for films including Donnie Brasco, Cedar Rapids and the 1998 Psycho remake.
In a statement shared with US media outlet People, her representatives said: "She has a significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation and burns that require surgical intervention.
"She is in a coma and has not regained consciousness since shortly after the accident."
Pictures and video footage obtained by US media outlet TMZ following the incident showed Heche driving a blue Mini Cooper, which was later pictured severely damaged at the scene.
Heche's speeding car came to a T-shaped intersection and ran off the road and into the house in Los Angeles' Westside, Los Angeles police said.
The car came to a stop inside the two-storey house and "erupted in heavy fire", starting a blaze that took nearly 60 firefighters more than an hour to douse, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
The home's occupant escaped without injury.
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