RENO, Nev. — The intense accidents actor Jeremy Renner suffered whereas utilizing a snow tractor to free a snowbound motorist on a personal mountain highway close to Lake Tahoe look like the results of a “tragic accident,” the sheriff in Reno mentioned Tuesday.
The 51-year-old “Avengers” star was significantly harm when he was run over by his personal snowcat after utilizing it to free a automobile pushed by a member of the family that grew to become caught in 3 ft of recent mountain snow on New 12 months’s Day, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam mentioned.
An investigation is continuous however there have been no indicators of foul play or any indication Renner was impaired on the time of the Sunday morning incident, Balaam instructed reporters.
“At this level within the investigation … we imagine it is a tragic accident,” the sheriff mentioned. “He was being an awesome neighbor and he was plowing these roads for his neighbors.”
The accident left Renner in vital however secure situation with chest and orthopedic accidents, in line with a publicist and sheriff’s officers who mentioned Renner was flown by medical helicopter about 25 miles to a Reno hospital.
About the identical time reporters have been gathering with Balaam on Tuesday, Renner posted an Instagram picture of himself in a hospital mattress and a message, lacking an apostrophe.
“Thanks all on your variety phrases,” it mentioned. “Im too tousled now to sort. However I ship like to you all.”
Balaam mentioned Renner had used his Pistenbully snow groomer, a 7-ton automobile he owns, to tow one other private automobile that had change into snowbound on a personal highway he shares with neighbors.
“After efficiently towing his private automobile from its caught location, Mr. Renner received out of his (snowcat) to talk to his member of the family,” Balaam mentioned. “The Pistenbully began to roll. In an effort to cease (it), Mr. Renner makes an attempt to climb again into the motive force’s seat. It’s at this level that Mr. Renner is run over.”
The sheriff mentioned the snowcat was impounded and is being examined by investigators “for any mechanical failure and why it began to roll.”
“He was serving to somebody stranded within the snow,” Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve instructed the Reno Gazette-Journal Monday evening. She mentioned she and the actor are buddies and that she was known as concerning the accident shortly after it occurred close to the Mt. Rose Freeway that connects Reno to Lake Tahoe.
“He’s at all times serving to others,” the mayor instructed the newspaper.
Balaam mentioned Tuesday that it took first responders from Reno greater than half-hour to traverse the a number of miles of snowy highway to achieve Renner on the non-public highway off the freeway.
As many as 20 automobiles had been deserted on the roadway whereas 3 ft of recent snow fell in a single day, slowing the fireplace engine and ambulance response.
A publicist for Renner mentioned in a press release Monday that he suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic accidents and remained in vital however secure situation in intensive care unit following surgical procedure at a Reno hospital.
Renner performs Hawkeye, a sharp-shooting member of the superhero Avengers squad in Marvel’s sprawling film and tv universe.
Balaam mentioned the two-time appearing Oscar nominee has change into an honorary deputy sheriff in Reno via his participation within the county’s “Store with the Sheriff” program that raises cash for kids to buy Christmas presents.
“All through the group he has been very beneficiant,” the sheriff mentioned.
Renner scored back-to-back Oscar nominations for “The Harm Locker” and “The City.” His portrayal of a bomb disposal specialist in Iraq in 2009’s “The Harm Locker” helped flip him right into a family identify.
“The Avengers” in 2012 cemented him as a part of Marvel’s grand storytelling ambitions, together with his character showing in a number of sequels and getting its personal Disney+ collection, “Hawkeye.”
“His reputation amongst youngsters within the `Marvels,’ he has a huge effect,” Balaam mentioned Tuesday.
“These youngsters who he touched throughout `Store with the Sheriff,’ I can assure you they are going to always remember that second,” he mentioned. “They name him Hawkeye.”
