• Details on Jeremy Renner’s “tragic accident.”
• Which occurred on New Year’s Day when he was shovelling snow.
• Being released by the local authorities.

In a press conference on Tuesday, Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam stated that Renner, 51, was assisting a family member to free a “stuck” vehicle from the estimated 3 feet of snowfall from the previous night.

In an effort to move his vehicle, Mr. Jeremy Renner went to collect his PistenBully, or snowcat, an enormous piece of snow-removal equipment that weighs at least 14,330 pounds. Mr. Renner came out of his PistenBully after hauling his personal vehicle out of the jam and started talking to his relative,” said Balaam.

The PistenBully is shown to have started rolling at this time. Mr. Renner tries to get back into the PistenBully’s driver’s seat in an effort to stop the PistenBully from rolling. According to our inquiry, the PistenBully then runs over Mr. Renner at this moment.

“At this stage of the investigation, we do not believe Mr. Renner was impaired in any way, and we feel this is a tragic accident,” Balaam continued.

“The investigation is ongoing, but there is no evidence of wrongdoing. We do not suspect any wrongdoing, I’ll say that again. This was a horrible accident, in our opinion.

The PistenBully owned by the Hawkeye actor is currently being examined by the sheriff’s office in an effort to “rule out any potential mechanical breakdown of why it may have started to roll.” Balaam reiterated that this is standard procedure for all of their inquiries.

Reached out to PistenBully for comment, but no one responded right away.

For the first time since the event, Renner spoke out, posting a picture of himself on Tuesday from his hospital bed with the caption: “Thank you all for your nice thoughts. I’m currently too confused to type. But I send you all my love. He underwent surgery on Monday after suffering orthopaedic injuries and acute chest trauma as a result of the event.

An earlier statement from a spokesman on Tuesday stated that Renner had cleared snow from his driveway on Sunday to allow his family to leave after celebrating New Year’s together. In addition, he was assisting his neighbour in clearing snow from his house because everyone up there had been without power for 24 hours and there had been a lot of snowfall.

He was assisting everyone in attempting to clear the snow so that people could exit, the spokesman continued.

Jeremy Renner’s family would like to express their gratitude to the amazing doctors and nurses caring for him, Truckee Meadows Fire and Rescue, Washoe County Sheriff, Reno City Mayor Hillary Schieve, and the Carano and Murdock families, according to a prior statement from Renner’s rep. The amount of love and support from his fans has left them incredibly moved and grateful.

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