Renner is in “critical but stable condition” following the injury.
Marvel actor Jeremy Renner was airlifted Sunday after the safety feature on his Snowcat plow failed and sent him rolling down his legs. According to TMZ, the ‘Hawkeye’ actor was alone and trying to clear a path out of his Lake Tahoe home when the machine accidentally ran over one of his legs, causing him to lose a significant amount of blood.
Speaking at the dam, witnesses said Mr Renner was plowing the road a quarter of a mile from his home so his family could get out after a large New Year’s storm. Then the plowing machine, called the Snowcat, accidentally ran over one of his legs.
According to TMZ, after the freak accident, the area was treated as an active crime scene. One of Mr Renner’s neighbors, who is a doctor, managed to place a tourniquet on the ‘Avengers’ star’s leg until paramedics arrived to take him to hospital. His injuries are “extensive” since, along with his leg, other parts of his body have also been injured, the media reported.
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In a statement, Renner’s spokesperson previously said the actor was in “critical but stable condition” following the injury. “His family is with him and he is receiving excellent care,” the spokesman added.
Mr. Renner has a home in the Mount Rose-Ski Tahoe area. Last month, the actor shared several updates on social media as Lake Tahoe received heavy amounts of snow. “Almost done with the sledding hill for the kids,” she wrote in an Instagram story showing a snowplow last week. “Lake Tahoe snow is no joke,” he wrote separately on Twitter while sharing an image of a vehicle covered in snow.
The 51-year-old has played ‘Hawkeye’, a member of Marvel’s Avengers superhero team, in several films and TV series. Renner has also been nominated twice for an Oscar, for his role in ‘The Hurt Locker’ and ‘The Town’.
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He currently appears in ‘Mayor of Kingstown’, which airs on Paramount+. The series is created by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon and produced by 101 Studios, Bosque Ranch Productions, MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Network. The show’s second season will premiere later this month.
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