LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Oscar-nominated actor Jeremy Renner said he was responsible for a near-deadly snowfall on New Year’s Day and apologized to his family for hurting them. undergo this test.
Renner said in an interview that aired Thursday on The Walt Disney Company’s ABC Network that he was driving the plow after using it to pull one of the family’s trucks from ice to the sidewalk.
As the plow began to slip on the snow, Renner said he was concerned for the safety of his nephew Alex, who had just loosened the chains connecting the truck and the plow. Reiner grabbed a foot from the plow to watch Alex and didn’t set the parking brake.
Then the actor lost his stature and fell from the cabin of the plow.
“You shouldn’t get out of the car while it’s rolling, you know what I mean? It’s like driving a car with one foot out of it,” Renner, confined to a wheelchair, told ABC News reporter Diane Sawyer.
“But that’s how it was,” he added. “It was my fault, and I paid for it.”
Renner, worried as the plow backs up and runs over his nephew, says he tried to jump into the car to stop it. He stepped on the tracks of a moving plow wheel, which pushed him forward, and the car crushed him, breaking more than 30 bones, collapsing his lung, and puncturing his liver.
Neighbors who cared for the 52-year-old actor, best known for playing Marvel superhero Hawkeye in the Avengers films, said they found him with blood all around him, shallow breathing and a crack in the skull.
When he woke up in the hospital, Jeremy Renner said, he waved to his family in sign language meaning “I’m sorry.”
“It’s my responsibility,” Renner said. “I feel bad because my actions have caused me so much pain.”
Doctors used titanium rods and screws to fix the broken ribs and also placed metal in his legs and face to reconstruct his eye sockets.
The actor’s back walks using a walker. He still undergoes hours of daily therapy for his injuries.
Renner was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his work in 2008’s ‘The Hurt Locker’ and for Best Supporting Actor for his work in 2010’s “The Town.”
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He’s set to return to Hollywood on Tuesday for a red carpet event for his TV series “Rennervations,” where he helps repurpose old vehicles like buses and donate them to communities in need.
Renner credited his family’s support for helping him survive the snowplow accident.
“It filled me with love and titanium,” he said with a laugh.
