Jeremy Renner: Avengers star thanks fans after being run over by snow plough - BBC

US histrion Jeremy Renner has thanked fans for their enactment aft helium was earnestly injured by his snowfall plough.

Sharing a representation of his bruised look connected Instagram, Renner said helium was "too messed up present to type".

The Avengers prima was airlifted to infirmary connected Sunday aft the mishap extracurricular his location successful Reno, Nevada.

Renner was tally implicit by his ain snowfall plough, which weighs astatine slightest 14,330lb (6.5 tonnes) - 3 times arsenic dense arsenic a car - the section sheriff said.

He suffered blunt thorax trauma and orthopaedic injuries, his publicist said connected Monday. At that clip helium was successful a unchangeable but captious information successful intensive care.

In an Instagram station from his infirmary furniture connected Tuesday evening, Renner, 51, wrote: "Thank you each for your benignant words. I'm excessively messed up present to type. But I nonstop emotion to you all."

The incidental happened aft a caller twelvemonth tempest near astir 3ft of caller snowfall connected the ground, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said successful a property conference.

A household subordinate driving Renner's car had got stuck successful the snowfall adjacent his house, the sheriff said. Using his snowfall plough, Renner successfully towed the car free.

He past got retired to speech to his relative, but the snowfall plough began to determination portion empty.

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.

"An eyewitness elaborate seeing Mr Renner getting into the PistenBully and not seeing him again until the PistenBully came to a remainder successful a heap of snowfall successful beforehand of his driveway," Mr Balaam said.

Renner is simply a "great neighbour" and ever uses his snowfall plough to wide section roads, the sheriff added.

"Throughout the assemblage helium has been precise generous and he's 1 of those individuals that astir of the clip you don't cognize he's doing it, but helium has made a tremendous interaction connected this community."

A fig of Hollywood figures, including respective of Renner's erstwhile Marvel co-stars, posted their good wishes aft Renner's latest wellness update.

Commenting connected the actor's Instagram post, Captain America prima Chris Evans wrote: "Tough arsenic nails. Love you buddy."

Guardians of the Galaxy prima Chris Pratt said helium was sending "continued prayers your mode brutha", portion WandaVision histrion Paul Bettany added: "Love you mate. Sending you emotion and healing."

Vanessa Hudgens, Heidi Klum and Orlando Bloom besides sent messages of support, arsenic speech amusement big Jimmy Fallon told Renner determination was "lotsa emotion retired determination for you bud".

Thor prima Chris Hemsworth commented: "Speedy betterment buddy. Sending emotion your way!" portion Taika Waititi, who has directed 2 Thor films, said simply: "My member I emotion you."

At slightest 60 radical successful 8 states were killed successful the caller twelvemonth snowstorm. A time aft Renner's accident, quality emerged that rally driving champion Ken Block was killed erstwhile his snowmobile flipped astatine his ranch successful Utah.

Two-time Oscar nominee Renner is champion known for his relation arsenic Clint Barton/Hawkeye successful the Marvel cinematic universe, starring successful respective Avengers films and successful the spin-off tv bid Hawkeye.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for champion histrion for his relation successful The Hurt Locker successful 2008, and for champion supporting histrion successful The Town successful 2010.