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[Washoe County Sheriff Darin] Balaam also described how the accident involving the “Mission: Impossible” actor happened. Per Balaam, a personal vehicle of Renner’s, which was being driven by a family member, became stuck [at Renner’s home outside of Reno, NV]. Renner subsequently retrieved his PistenBully, a 14,000-pound snowcat.
After successfully towing his own vehicle out of his driveway, Renner got out of the snowcat, and the massive snow groomer started to roll. “In an effort to stop the rolling PistenBully, Mr. Renner attempted to get back into the driver’s seat,” Balaam said. “Based on our investigation, it’s at this point Mr. Renner is run over by the PistenBully.” Uncover
We would call a machine like that a trail groomer around these parts. – Dr Tar
There’s a point in life when you realize that nature and machinery are not always your friend.
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and act accordingly.
LESSON LEARNED: NEVER TRY TO STOP A ROLLING 7 TON PISTENBULLY
DOH!!
Wow. I just hope he’s ok, without obvious words of wisdom.
He got crushed like my 401K got crushed by the Democratic party that he supports.
And I suppose the machine starting to roll was an act of God or something?
Does anyone have the integrity & courage to reveal he didn’t know how to drive it safely? Rod
Well…sometimes you just have to let it go.
LOL I duckled ‘snowcat images’ and pictures of Jeremy Renner popped up.
1 Put it in PARK
2 Emergency Brake?
3 Farm life is tough and hazardous. Pretending to be one is dangerous
Otherwise, I like the guy and hope he gets better.
Guess he didn’t know what a parking brake was.
“Renner was injured in the snowplow accident on Sunday, suffering “blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries,” according to his publicist.” Ouch.
Darwin Award honorable mention maybe…
Disclaimer- We’ve all done stupid stuff that could of killed myself or others.
One of my earlier ones in my marriage was going to Catalina in my new old boat with my wife with 4 friends and a guy that was our insurance man for the boat. I had no knowledge of the sea and it’s hazards, no radio, didn’t check the weather then got hit by a storm on the way back pushing us off course by the huge swells 15 miles or more.
“Jeremy got run over by Santa’s Snow Plow
Plowing out our driveway on Christmas Eve
You may not believe in Santa
But as for me & Jeremy, we believe!”
Recall that Christopher Reeve (Superman) suffered a broken neck and lifetime quadriplegia after being thrown by a horse which balked at a jump. Reeve was not familiar with the horse and was not a highly skilled horseman.
Note to actors: Stunts are controlled actions and do not represent typical situations or operations of vehicles or equipment.