Marvel actor Jeremy Renner has thanked followers on social media after he was critically injured by a snow plough.
On Instagram, he shared an image from his hospital mattress and wrote: “Thank you for all your kind words. I’m too messed up now to type. But I send love to you all.”
The put up got here as native sheriffs gave an replace on their investigation into the incident on New Year’s Day.
Officials careworn they don’t consider the 51-year-old was impaired on the time, and that it was a “tragic accident”.
Sheriff Darin Balaam stated when the incident occurred, Renner was being “a great neighbour” and serving to to dig out roads in his group of Reno, Nevada, that had turn out to be deluged throughout a large winter storm.
He stated the actor had found his private automobile was caught in snow, so went to fetch his 14,330lb (6,500kg) ‘PistenBully’ plough to assist tow it out.
“After successfully towing his vehicle, Mr Renner got out of the PistenBully to speak to a family member,” Mr Balaam stated.
“At this point, it started to roll. In an effort to stop it, he attempted to get back into the driver’s seat…and he is run over by the PistenBully.
“A eyewitness stated he noticed Renner get in… and did not see him once more till it got here to relaxation in a pile of snow on the backside of his driveway.”
Mr Balaam stated Washoe County Sheriff’s workplace had taken possession of the plough and was now analysing it to rule out mechanical failure – a “normal part of any major investigation”.
The Reno space was hit by a winter storm on New Year’s Eve which resulted in 1000’s of properties struggling energy cuts and a whole lot of roads being closed throughout northern California and components of neighbouring Nevada.
Renner, a two-time Oscar nominee, is well-known for taking part in Hawkeye within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
He has additionally featured in movies together with The Hurt Locker, American Hustle, and Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol alongside Tom Cruise.
Renner, who has a daughter together with his ex-wife Sonni Pacheco, is presently starring within the Paramount+ sequence The Mayor of Kingstown.
Source: information.sky.com”