Renner was run over by a snowplow in Nevada on New Year’s Day in 2023. According to a report by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, The Hurt Locker alum had been using a PistenBully to tow a truck that had gotten stuck on his driveway onto a nearby street. And after completing the job and disconnecting the vehicles, the report continued, Renner drove the snowplow up the street, turned it around and discovered it was sliding.
Not wanting the machine to hit his nephew Alex Fries—who had been helping him with the job—Renner exited the PistenBully without setting the emergency brake, the report noted, and was ultimately “pulled under the vehicle by the track.”
The 53-year-old was transported by care flight to a hospital in Reno and underwent surgery—with him later sharing with his followers he’d broken more than 30 bones.
