Marvel actor Jeremy Renner was critically injured in a snow ploughing accident in Reno, Nevada on New Year’s Day.
The actor’s leg was run over by his snow plough, otherwise known as a snow cat, which caused him to lose a “tremendous” amount of blood.
A spokesperson for Renner has confirmed the incident but reassured fans that his condition is stable.
“We can confirm Jeremy is in critical but stable condition with injuries suffered after experiencing a weather-related accident while ploughing snow earlier today,” they told The Hollywood Reporter.
The spokesman said the Avengers actor is with his family and “receiving excellent care”.
TMZ reported that the Hawkeye actor was flown from his Lake Tahoe ranch home to a hospital immediately after the accident.
The same publication shared a video of Renner being loaded onto a rescue helicopter and a follow-up video shows Renner’s Snowcat being towed away several hours after the accident.
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The publication reported that a source close to Renner told them “his injuries are “extensive” — along with his leg, other parts of his body have been injured.”
Renner played Hawkeye in all three Avengers movies; Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Age of Ultron and The Avengers and is expected to star in the upcoming instalment, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
In 2019, Avengers: Endgame temporarily overtook Avatar as the highest-grossing film of all time when total global sales topped $US2.79 billion ($3.96 billion). However, Avatar regained the top spot in 2021, after China rereleased it.
“These two titans of cinema have been dueling on box-office Mt. Olympus for years,” Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore told CNBC at the time. “As ‘Avatar’ once again takes the crown, the importance of the big screen experience both in terms of its cultural impact and of course its massive revenue generating power is brought into sharper focus.”
