Jeremy Renner saved his nephew in his snowplow accident

Jeremy Renner was trying to save his nephew when he was hit by his snowplow.

According to the Nevada Sheriff's Department investigation obtained by CNN, the American actor was trying to free his nephew's car from being stuck in the snow when his Pistenbully-brand snow plow began to slide "sideways. ".

In order not to have his snow plow crush his nephew's car, Jeremy Renner jumped out of the vehicle without engaging the emergency brake to try to stop or deflect the machine.

If he did, it was at the cost of his own health, since the 52-year-old actor was "snatched under the vehicle by the caterpillar and was crushed".

As his loved ones rescued him while waiting for medical personnel to arrive, the Marvel stable star "laid down on the floor and focused on his breathing," the report also read.

Mechanical problems

The results of the expertise noted that the machine had some "mechanical problems".

The accident would not have happened if Jeremy Renner had applied the emergency brake before jumping from the snow plow, but the investigators do not exclude that "mechanical problems may have been a factor in this accident".

Jeremy Renner was rushed to hospital on New Years Day suffering from blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries.

Operated with more than 30 fractures, the hero of

is now recovering at home, with his family.

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