Anne Heche reportedly suffered an anoxic brain injury.

Actress Anne Heche has been on life support and is not expected to survive after crashing her car into two homes last Friday, a representative for her family and friends told Deadline.

Heche, 53, has been hospitalized since the accident, where she was allegedly speeding in her blue Mini Cooper and crashed into one home and then another, leaving the second in flames.

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She is suffering from an anoxic brain injury, the representative told Deadline. How does that affect the body?

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Anoxic brain injuries happen when all oxygen is cut off from the brain. After about four minutes of losing oxygen supply brain cells begin to die off

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Brain injuries do not necessarily originate in the brain. They can be caused due to any physical trauma that affects the body's ability to take in oxygen, such as a stroke or trauma to the lungs.

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Things to look for that could signal a brain injury include both physical limitations and according to the Shepherd Center, a private, nonprofit hospital in Atlanta.

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