Also on the scene with Renner was his nephew Alex Fries, 27, who said he was holding onto Renner's arm in an attempt to help him breathe. Renner said that he "was awake through every moment." "I started moving my legs," he said. "I said, 'Oh, that one -- that one's...
Alex Fries,move a truck which was stuck in the snow. Renner exited the snowplow to check on his nephew, but it kept moving, so he jumped back on to stop the snowplow only to get caught in the tread
Actor Jeremy Renner was run over by a snowplow on New Year's Day in the Reno, Nevada, area while trying to divert the vehicle as it headed towards his nephew, according to a sheriff's report obtained Thursday. Renner was seriously injured in the accident. The 52-year-o...
Nevada. He had used the more than14,000-pound snowcatseveral times before, and on this day, his nephew Alex was out there helping him. At one point while driving the plow, it kept slipping and Renner couldn't see where his nephew was, so Renner opened the door...
“If I was there on my own that would’ve been a horrible way to die,” Renner told Sawyer, “And surely, I would’ve. Surely. But I wasn’t alone. It was my nephew, sweet Alex, and [then] the rest of the calvary came.” ...
Renner has spoken out about the accident in his first TV interview "Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview - A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph" which aired on Thursday, April 6. During the chat, the actor admitted he felt lucky that his nephew Alex was with him and was able to...
Nevada. The "Rennervations" star was left with more than 30 broken bones and suffered a punctured lung when he was run over by his snowcat on January 1, as he tried to stop it hitting his nephew Alex. He was airlifted to a hospital where he underwent several procedures, including ches...
Renner was critically injured in January while using a snowplow after a snowstorm. As he recalled in a sit-down withDiane Sawyerlast month, theTownactor was operating a large snowplow in order to help his 27-year-old nephew,Alex Fries, get a car out of the snow in the driveway. In...
“One thing I thought about once I was clear enough — this was when I was still on the ground before the ambulance even got there — was [not just] what my experience was like but I had to think about [my nephew ] Alex because Alex was there during the entire time. And he...
Nevada. He had used the more than14,000-pound snowcatseveral times before, and on this day, his nephew Alex was out there helping him. At one point while driving the plow, it kept slipping and Renner couldn't see where his nephew was, so Renner opened the door and stuck one foot ou...