Jeremy Renner posts from hospital bed before sheriff’s press conference, describes ‘tragic accident’ involving Sno-Cat

UPDATED with a post from Renner on Instagram: The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office revealed more information at a Tuesday news conference about Jeremy Renner’s New Year’s Day snow plow accident near his Reno home, in which the two-time Oscar nominee suffered chest trauma and orthopedic injuries, according to his representatives.

The press conference started minutes later hawk eye The actor took to social media to say, “Thank you all for your kind words. I’m too confused to type right now. But I send you all my love.”

Washoe County Sheriff Darin Bilaam wished Renner a “full and speedy recovery” and said today that at this point in the inquest, “we do not believe Mr. Renner was impaired at all and we believe it was a tragic accident.” is.

Balaam noted the “severe winter weather” in the area, where up to 3 feet of fresh snow fell the night before as part of a winter storm. He also first provided details of the accident in which Renner, with the help of his Sno-Cat, freed a vehicle driven by a relative of his from being stuck near his home on Mount Rose, about 25 miles outside of Reno.

After Renner was able to free the car, Balaam said the actor got out of the Sno-Cat (aka PistenBully) to talk to the family member, after which the machine, which weighs more than 14,000 pounds, began to slide forward. Renner then tried to stop it when the accident happened.

“We suspect no foul play,” Balaam said.

In response to questions from local media today, the Reno Sheriff said the Sno-Cat is in police possession and is being inspected for mechanical faults and other issues.

That hawk eye star underwent surgery and remained in intensive care in critical but stable condition.

Washoe County Sheriff’s Sergeant Kristin Vietti previously told Deadline that around 9 a.m. on New Year’s Day, police “responded to a traumatic injury in the Mt. Rose Highway area of ​​Reno, Nevada.” Renner was rushed to a local hospital on a medical flight and was, according to Vietti, “the only person involved in the incident”.

Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve said so The Reno Gazette magazine Monday that Renner was helping a car that had crashed on New Year’s Day when he was run over by his own vehicle. Schieve, who is friends with Renner, was called on Sunday morning when the accident happened.

“He helped someone who was stranded in the snow,” Schieve told the newspaper Official Journal. “He always helps others.”

Renner is a volunteer deputy sheriff for Washoe County and has “made a tremendous impact on this community,” Balaam said Tuesday, praising the actor in the press brief.