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BREAKING NEWS Jeremy Renner reveals 'tiny but monumental' mistake that caused horrific snowplow accident By BRITTANY CHAIN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 20:44 EDT, 27 April 2025 | Updated: 20:45 EDT, 27 April 2025 e-mail View comments Hollywood star Jeremy Renner has opened up about the 'tiny but monumental' mistake he made that caused a horror snowplow accident which almost killed him. The A-list actor shared new insight into the 2023 New Years Day tragedy, in which he was dragged under the snowplow outside his Lake Tahoe home while valiantly trying to save his nephew.
'I didn't engage the parking brake or disengage the steel tracks,' 52-year-old Renner revealed in his upcoming memoir chronicling the near-fatal accident. 'In that moment — an innocent, critical, life-changing moment — that tiny but monumental slip of the mind would change the course of my life for ever.' Renner was in the driver's cab of his huge 14,000-pound snowcat when it occurred to him that his nephew was in harm's way.
He jumped out in an effort to save his life. 'My feet lost their grip on the moving tracks, and I never made it to the cab. I lurched violently forward, out of control,' he wrote.
'In that split second I was catapulted off the spinning metal tracks, arms flailing. I arced over the front of the tracks, propelled forward, down on to the hard-packed ice, where my head hit the ground hard and instantly gashed open. 'There came terrible crunching sounds as 14,000lb of galvanised steel machinery slowly, inexorably, monotonously, ground over my body.
It was a horrifying soundtrack.' Hollywood star Jeremy Renner has opened up about the 'tiny but monumental' mistake he made that caused a horror snowplow accident which almost killed him The 14,000-pound PistenBully snowcat vehicle (pictured) started sliding sideways after the 52-year-old Avengers star had used it to pull his nephew's truck out of the snow Despite all odds, Renner has returned to work on set, recently filming Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - the third instalment of the Knives Out series Renner suffered 38 broken bones in the ordeal. His nephew was able to render aid until emergency responders arrived to the scene.
Renner was airlifted to hospital, where he was kept for more than two weeks and underwent multiple surgeries . Despite all odds, Renner has returned to work on set, recently filming Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery - the third instalment of the Knives Out series. Jeremy Renner Share or comment on this article: Jeremy Renner reveals 'tiny but monumental' mistake that caused horrific snowplow accident e-mail Add comment Comments 0 Share what you think No comments have so far been submitted.
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