Actor Jeremy Renner had been serving to to dig out a automobile {that a} member of the family had gotten caught within the snow when he was injured in a snowplow accident over the weekend, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam stated Tuesday. Renner was airlifted to a hospital and listed in critical but stable condition.
In line with Balaam, Renner was capable of get the car unstuck from the mountain highway within the Reno, Nevada, space utilizing his private PistenBully snowplow. However when he obtained out to talk to the member of the family who had been driving, the snowplow began to roll. Renner then tried to leap again into the driving force’s seat of the snowplow and was run over, Balaam stated.
The sheriff stated they don’t imagine Renner was impaired on the time, and there’s no indication of foul play.
“We imagine this can be a tragic accident,” Balaam stated.
Renner’s publicist Sam Mast stated that the actor is “making constructive progress and is awake, speaking and in good spirits.”
“He stays in ICU in important however secure situation,” Mast stated in an announcement Tuesday. “He’s overwhelmed by the exhibiting of affection and assist. The household asks to your continued ideas whereas he heals together with his shut family members.”
Whereas Tuesday’s press convention was underway, Renner posted a message to Instagram from his hospital mattress: “Thanks all to your form phrases. I am too tousled now to sort. However I ship like to you all.”
Renner underwent surgery after struggling “blunt chest trauma and orthopedic accidents” within the accident, Mast stated Monday in an announcement to CBS Information. He remained within the intensive care unit following the surgical procedure, Mast stated.
Balaam stated Tuesday that the 911 name got here in round 9 a.m. and first responders arrived round half-hour later. Though it had stopped snowing on the time of the accident, the mountain highway was closed after roughly three ft of snow had fallen the evening earlier than, stranding a number of different automobiles and making it troublesome for emergency crews to get to the scene.
Renner was then airlifted to a hospital round 10 a.m., Balaam stated.
Balaam stated that Renner had additionally been utilizing the snowplow to assist dig out his neighbors.
“He was being an ideal neighbor and plowing these roads,” the sheriff stated.
Following the accident, a number of neighbors rushed to assist Renner and introduced him towels earlier than medical personnel may arrive, Balaam stated.
Renner is a two-time Oscar nominee, receiving a finest actor nod for his position in “The Damage Locker” and a finest supporting actor nomination for “The City.” The 51-year-old actor is probably finest recognized for portraying the superhero Hawkeye within the Marvel cinematic universe, which incorporates a number of “Avengers” movies and the Disney+ collection “Hawkeye.”
