Marvel star Jeremy Renner is in critical but stable condition after 'weather-related accident while ploughing snow': Actor, 51, is airlifted to hospital from his home in Lake Tahoe
- Actor Jeremy Renner is currently in a 'critical but stable condition' in hospital
- Star, 51, sustained injuries in a weather-related accident involving snowplowing
- Renner owns a home in Tahoe/Reno area, which was heavily affected by storms
- Actor best known as Hawkeye in Marvel films and twice nominated for Oscars
Jeremy Renner is in a 'critical but stable' condition today after being injured while out clearing snow in one of his industrial snow plows at his ranch home between Reno and Lake Tahoe.
The 51-year-old Marvel star was airlifted to hospital on Sunday after police were called to his rural mansion in the Sierra Nevada mountains on the border between California and Nevada.
Renner, a lover of heavy machinery, owns a number snow plows he uses to clear his long private driveway as well as roads and paths in his area. The Hawkeye actor has complained of heavy snow due to unprecedented Winter storms gripping the US.
His agent has not revealed how he managed to injure himself so badly, describing it as a 'weather-related accident while plowing snow', adding that the actor is receiving 'excellent care' and his family is at his bedside. He is 'critical but stable', the spokesman said.
On Sunday morning, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office near Reno was called to Mr Renner’s ranch residence.
Public information officer Kristin Vietti said: 'Upon arrival, deputies coordinated with Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and REMSA Health to arrange for medical transport of Jeremy Renner via care flight to a local area hospital', adding that 'Mr Renner was the only involved party' and the major accident investigation team is probing the incident.
The accident came after around five feet of snow fell overnight between New Years Eve and New Years Day as a massive winter storm again hammered the region claiming dozens of lives.
Renner tweeted about the huge amount of snow at his US ranch in December, writing: 'Lake Tahoe snowfall is no joke.'
His home is in a secluded mountainous area and he has shared numerous social media posts showing snow encasing his cars and even reaching his first floor windows. He has also
Fans have said they are praying for the two-time Academy Award nominee, best known for playing Avenger Hawkeye in the Marvel universe, Aaron Cross in The Bourne Legacy and William Brandt in the Mission Impossible movies.
The actor, who plays Hawkeye and can be seen in The Avengers and Captain America films, has owned a home in above Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Mt. Rose-Ski Tahoe in Washoe County for several years.
It came as dozens of people were killed across the US amid blizzard conditions.
The Arctic blast stirred up heavy winds and snow, trapping some residents inside their houses with snowdrifts and knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses.
The scope of the storm has been nearly unprecedented, stretching from the Great Lakes near Canada down to the Rio Grande along the border with Mexico.
In a video posted to his Instagram account last December, the actor could be seen enjoying driving his industrial-sized snow thrower.
'I have so much respect for Mother Earth, and Mother Nature … I expect to lose the fight but I'll always give it my best shot,' he wrote.
Several other pictures and videos posted to social media show him enjoying driving heavy machinery with everything from plows on caterpillar tracks to massive snow plows and other winter weather buggies.
In the past Renner has also openly told of how he often spends time working with local fire departments, helping their teams, and has even bought a spare fire engine.
'I work with the fire departments up there and they are pretty awesome. They are teaching me and helping me, and I still have to get some more hours in with them.'
Fans took to Twitter to wish for Renner a speedy recovery.
'I hope he pulls through. That's horrifying,' one person tweeted.
'Praying for Jeremy Renner,' said another.
'Sending up prayers for his swift recovery' wrote another well-wisher.
A powerful storm has brought heavy rain and snowfall to much of California, causing traffic jams and closing major roads as the state prepared to usher in a new year.
In the high Sierra Nevada, where Renner's home is located about 2ft of snow fell into New Year's Day but as much as 5ft was predicted.
The Sacramento agency released a map of 24-hour precipitation showing a wide range of totals in the region, from less than an inch in some areas to more than 5in in the Sierra foothills.
The US National Weather Service in Sacramento had warned about hazardous driving conditions and posted photos on Twitter showing traffic on snow-covered mountain passes, where vehicles are required to have chains or four-wheel drive.
A so-called atmospheric river storm was pulling in a long and wide plume of moisture from the Pacific Ocean.
Near Lake Tahoe, dozens of drivers were rescued on New Year's Eve along Interstate 80 after cars spun out in the snow during the blizzard, the California Department of Transportation said. The key route to the mountains from the San Francisco Bay Area reopened early Sunday to passenger vehicles with chains.
'The roads are extremely slick so let´s all work together and slow down so we can keep I-80 open,' the California Highway Patrol said on Twitter. Several other highways, including State Route 50, also reopened.
More than 4ft of snow had accumulated in the high Sierra Nevada, and the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area said heavy, wet snow would cause major delays in chairlift openings. On Saturday, the resort reported numerous lift closings, citing high winds, low visibility and ice.
Flooding and rock slides also closed portions of roads across Northern California.
It was the first of several storms expected to roll across California over the next week.
Hannah Chandler-Cooley, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Sacramento, said the current system is expected to be warmer and wetter, while next week's storms will be colder.
Renner is a two-time acting Oscar nominee, scoring back-to-back nods for The Hurt Locker and The Town.
Renner's portrayal of a bomb disposal specialist in Iraq in 2008's The Hurt Locker helped turn him into a household name.
The Avengers in 2012 cemented him as part of Marvel's grand storytelling ambitions, with his character appearing in several sequels and getting its own Disney+ series, Hawkeye.
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