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Jeremy Renner in critical but stable condition after snow-plowing accident

Click to play video: 'Marvel actor Jeremy Renner in ICU after surgery for ‘blunt chest trauma,’ orthopedic injuries following snowplow accident'
Marvel actor Jeremy Renner in ICU after surgery for ‘blunt chest trauma,’ orthopedic injuries following snowplow accident
WATCH: Actor Jeremy Renner is still in the intensive care unit at a Nevada hospital on Tuesday, after a snowplow accident near his Lake Tahoe area home on Sunday – Jan 3, 2023

The Avengers star Jeremy Renner is being treated for serious injuries that happened while he was plowing snow, the actor’s representative said.

Renner, 51, is in critical condition although he is stable, the actor’s representative said Sunday. No further details on the extent of Renner’s injuries were available.

The actor has a home in Nevada. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that Renner was injured in Reno and was flown to a hospital. He was the only person involved, and the sheriff’s office is investigating, according to the release.

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Renner plays Hawkeye, a sharp-shooting member of the superhero Avengers squad in Marvel’s sprawling movie and television universe.

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He 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 2009’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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