adrienne broaddus, cnn, cincinnati. and actor jeremy renner was thanking his doctors and nurses as he celebrated his 52nd birthday from his hospital bed. battered and bruised with blunt force trauma and orthopedic injuries, he posted a photo with his health care team. renner was badly injured while snowplowing in his snowcat near his home in nevada on new year s day. the movie star somehow slipped under the machine when it began to roll away. he tried to get back inside the cab to stop it but ended up getting crushed. still to come, from his time in the military to begging his father, prince charles, to not marry camilla. explosive leaks from prince harry s upcoming memoir are causing a stir. we ll have the details next.
got crushed. according to this new 911 or the 911 call that was obtained by some outlets this week, that was the language that was used, completely crushed by this snowcat. so yes, he s lucky to be alive. he posted a video of himself getting a quote, spa day, a little head massage from his mom and his sister celebrating his birthday in the icu. but the biggest birthday present of all is life. but look at that video right there. he s going to be okay, but i know many people are just loving these instagram posts and these updates, and it s just incredible that he can even, yyou know, take to instagram. look, posting that selfie earlier this week. wow. but with all the negative news out there, it s so positive that this has a happy ending, jim. absolutely. i mean, he s a huge star, and i mean, it just goes to show you this kind of stuff can happen if you re not careful, and freak accidents do happen as well, chloe. i have to ask you about all the hype surrounding prince harry s me
jeremy renner is updating fans as he continues to recover from a snowplow accident. the 52-year-old actor posted this photo on his instagram account thanking the medical staff as he remains hospitalized after he was crushed by a snowplow on new year s eve near his home in nevada. joining me now cnn entertainment report chloe melas. renner is spending his birthday in the hospital. this is a remarkable, unbelievable thing that happened. he s lucky to be alive. what s the latest? reporter: exactly, jim. this is happy news, and let s point out that that snow cat we learned earlier this week, it was 14,000 pounds, and it all happened because he was actually trying to tow a car in his driveway that had gotten stuck in this unprecedented snowfall, and that he successfully towed the car, it was something like that that you see on the screen right there. he was talking to a family member when the snowcat started to roll. that s when he tried to jump up, stop it, wasn t successful and