Jeremy Renner shares first photo since snow plowing accident - CNN

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“Hawkeye” prima Jeremy Renner thanked well-wishers for their “kind words” successful his archetypal station to societal media since his New Year’s Day snowfall plowing accident.

In a abbreviated station to Instagram, wherever helium shared a selfie reflecting immoderate facial bruising, Renner wrote, “Thank you each for your benignant words. Im (sic) excessively messed up present to type. But I nonstop emotion to you all.”

Earlier connected Tuesday, Samantha Mast, Renner’s publicist, provided much details connected the mishap that landed Renner successful the hospital, saying the histrion was adjacent his Nevada home, clearing driveways anterior to the incident.

Renner was moving snowfall from a backstage driveway connected Sunday, truthful that his household members could depart his residence aft they celebrated the holidays together, his typical added. Members of Renner’s household were with him erstwhile the mishap occurred.

“Jeremy is making affirmative advancement and is awake, talking and successful bully spirits,” Mast said a caller connection released Tuesday evening. “He remains successful ICU successful captious but unchangeable condition. He is overwhelmed by the showing of emotion and support. The household asks for your continued thoughts portion helium heals with his adjacent loved ones.”

On Sunday astatine 8:55am PT, authorities received a 911 telephone reporting a clang involving a snowcat, a instrumentality utilized to region snow, and a pedestrian connected Mount Rose Highway, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said connected Tuesday during a property conference.

While it was not snowing astatine the clip of the accident, Balaam said Mount Rose Highway was closed owed to “severe wintertime weather” and had snowfall that wasn’t yet removed. He added that astir 13 to 20 abandoned cars were besides connected the road that were hard to maneuver around.

The archetypal sheriff’s section portion arrived connected country astatine 9:30am PT, wherever exigency aesculapian services were connected country providing assistance to Renner, Balaam said.

Balaam said Renner was tally implicit by his snowcat aft the instrumentality started to rotation distant erstwhile helium was not successful the driver’s seat. He was injured during an effort to get backmost into the snowcat.

Renner had been utilizing his snowcat to region snowfall astir his idiosyncratic conveyance astatine the clip of the accident, Balaam said.

Balaam added that authorities bash not judge Renner was intoxicated during the incidental and called it “a tragic accident.”

A spokesperson for Renner antecedently told CNN that helium sustained “blunt thorax trauma and orthopedic injuries.”

The 51-year-old histrion has truthful acold undergone 2 surgeries to code his injuries, a root adjacent to the histrion told CNN.

Balaam said connected Tuesday that Renner was awake and speaking with archetypal responders erstwhile they arrived to the scene.

When Renner was injured, his neighbors rendered assistance and brought towels portion waiting for archetypal responders, Balaam added.

The histrion was the lone idiosyncratic progressive successful the accident, the Sheriff’s Office antecedently said successful a quality release.

A chopper landed successful the vicinity of the road astatine 9:37am PT, and astatine 9:56am PT, Renner was taken to a Reno-area hospital, Balaam said.

Washoe County Sheriff’s Office is presently successful possession of Renner’s snowcat and analyzing it to “rule retired immoderate imaginable mechanical failure,” which is simply a mean portion of the probe with this severity of injuries, Balaam said.

Renner was allowed to run the snowcat arsenic helium was connected a backstage roadworthy that was shared by his neighbors and not maintained by the county, Balaam said.

“He was being a large neighbour and helium was plowing those roads for his neighbor,” Balaam said.

Authorities bash not fishy immoderate foul play, according to Balaam.

At the clip of the accident, parts of occidental Nevada were covered with snow. The Reno country received astir 6-12 inches of snowfall astatine elevations beneath 5,000 feet betwixt New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, and up to 18 inches astatine higher elevations, according to the National Weather Service successful Reno.

Renner has antecedently shared aggregate videos and photos connected his verified societal media accounts showing him successful snowy conditions, including 1 Instagram video posted 2 weeks agone successful which the histrion appears to beryllium driving a snowplow.

Renner’s household released a connection Monday evening thanking infirmary unit and archetypal responders arsenic the histrion remained hospitalized.

“Jeremy’s household would similar to explicit their gratitude to the unthinkable doctors and nurses looking aft him, Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue, Washoe County Sheriff, Reno City Mayor Hillary Schieve and the Carano and Murdock families,” a connection from his spokesperson read. “They are besides tremendously overwhelmed and appreciative of the outpouring of emotion and enactment from his fans.”

Renner stars successful the Paramount+ bid “Mayor of Kingstown” and is champion known for his relation arsenic Hawkeye successful respective Marvel Cinematic Universe films.

His “Avengers” co-star Mark Ruffalo asked for prayers of enactment for Renner connected Monday.

“Prayers up for our member @jeremyrenner connected a afloat and speedy recovery,” Ruffalo posted connected his Instagram stories. “Please nonstop healing goodness his way.”