Hollywood star Jeremy Renner is in a critical but stable condition after he suffered an accident while ploughing snow. The actor, who plays superhero Clint Barton in the Marvel films and mini-series Hawkeye, sustained injuries in the weather-related incident over the New Year weekend and was airlifted to hospital.
In a statement released yesterday (January 1) to the Hollywood Reporter, a spokesperson for Renner said: "We can confirm Jeremy is in a critical but stable condition with injuries suffered after experiencing a weather-related accident while ploughing snow earlier today. His family is with him and he is receiving excellent care."
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Renner, 51, has been nominated for two Oscars during his career for his performances in 2008 war thriller The Hurt Locker and 2010 crime drama The Town.
The Californian owns a ranch above Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains, which has been battered with a "blizzard of the century" in recent weeks. The area was massively impacted by a storm that left 35,000 households without power in the Northern Nevada counties Washoe, Carson, Douglas, Storey and Lyon, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.
The actor took to Twitter on December 13 to comment on the freak conditions, posting a picture of snow in the area and writing: "Lake Tahoe snowfall is no joke."
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