Actor Jeremy Renner broke over 30 bones in snow plough accident - BBC

Hollywood histrion Jeremy Renner has said helium broke much than 30 bones successful his assemblage erstwhile helium was accidentally tally implicit by a snowfall plough connected New Year's Day.

Giving an update connected his recovery, the Avengers histrion said his "morning workouts, resolutions each changed this peculiar caller years", and shared a photograph lying successful a infirmary bed.

Renner suffered blunt thorax trauma and orthopaedic injuries portion clearing snowfall extracurricular his location successful Nevada.

For days helium was listed arsenic critical.

The actor, who turned 52 a week aft the accident, is champion known for playing the bow and arrow-wielding Clint Barton/Hawkeye successful the Marvel franchise.

On Instagram, helium said the incidental had been a "tragedy for my full family" but had transformed into "uniting actionable love".

"These 30 positive breached bones volition mend, turn stronger, conscionable similar the emotion and enslaved with household and friends deepens," helium wrote, thanking everyone for their "messages and thoughtfulness".

Many celebrities person written messages of enactment to Renner, including his Marvel co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans.

"Your a champion mate! We emotion you", Hemsworth wrote, portion Evans exclaimed however pugnacious Renner was, and asked: "Has anyone adjacent checked connected the snowcat???"

The mishap happened aft a New Year tempest deed the US, sidesplitting dozens of radical and dumping dense snowfall crossed respective states.

Renner utilized his ain snowfall plough to rescue a household subordinate who was driving his car, but had got stuck successful the snowfall adjacent his house.

Renner successfully towed the car free, but erstwhile helium got out, the plough began to determination portion empty, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said astatine the time.

Renner was trying to get backmost into the driver's spot to halt it moving, erstwhile the "extremely large" portion of instrumentality ran him over, Mr Balaam said.

Days later, Renner posted a photograph of his heavy bruised face, saying helium was "too messed up present to type", but thanking supporters for their "kind words".