Jeremy Renner is snapped enjoying scooter outing with daughter Ava


Jeremy Renner was spotted with his daughter outside their sprawling Los Angeles home Sunday – with the star appearing surprisingly spry on a motorized scooter.

The sighting comes days after Renner and only child Ava, 10, were seen during a family outing to Six Flags in nearby Valencia – which itself came hours after the airing of a bombshell interview featuring the 52-year-old and Diane Sawyer.

Airing on ABC, the sit-down was the actor’s first since he was nearly killed by a snowplow at his other residence in Lake Tahoe, breaking more than 30 bones and undergoing multiple surgeries in the process.

Now on the mend, Renner – who had been trying to save his nephew when he was injured by the seven-ton snow cat – has since made an effort to spend more time with family, as well as keep fans updated on his condition.

At Six Flags Friday, Renner was seen manning another mechanized scooter – though one markedly different with four wheels, and typically reserved for disabled riders. 

In fact, Renner’s ride looked more recreational than necessary, with the star easily keeping himself upright with both legs during the brief Easter excursion – and even appearing to crack a smile for the nearby cameras. 

Jeremy Renner was spotted with only-daughter Ava, 10, outside their sprawling Los Angeles home Sunday - with the star appearing surprisingly spry on a motorized scooter

Jeremy Renner was spotted with only-daughter Ava, 10, outside their sprawling Los Angeles home Sunday – with the star appearing surprisingly spry on a motorized scooter

Renner's ride looked more recreational than necessary for the brief Easter excursion, with the star appearing to easily keep himself balance and upright with both legs

Renner’s ride looked more recreational than necessary for the brief Easter excursion, with the star appearing to easily keep himself balance and upright with both legs

The sighting comes days after the airing of an interview featuring the 52-year-old and Diane Sawyer that saw him recount how he was almost crushed by a snow plow back in January

The sighting comes days after the airing of an interview featuring the 52-year-old and Diane Sawyer that saw him recount how he was almost crushed by a snow plow back in January

Despite the festive occasion, the father and daughter appeared somewhat dressed-down, with Renner donning a T-shirt and pair of cut-off denim shorts, and Ava still in pajamas and slippers. 

The youngster appeared less than thrilled by the media attention she and her famous father were receiving, while Renner looked noticeably happy, despite being three month’s removed from his highly publicized accident. 

Sporting not one noticeable mark on his person, the actor’s appearance was a far cry from the likeness seen in photos shortly after the accident, showing his sad state moments after being airlifted to a Reno hospital with ‘critical’ injuries.

At the time, the damage the actor sustained – despite drawing relentless news coverage – was shrouded in speculation, with many wondering at the time if the actor would ever grace the silver screen or even walk again.

Now, however – more than three months after the mishap – it appears Renner is doing well, revealing to Sawyer that he is now walking with very little assistance, even after having metal plates put into his shattered torso and eye socket, which also caved in. 

‘I’ve lost a lot of flesh and bone,’ he told Sawyer, before adding: ‘But I’ve been refueled with love – and titanium.’ 

Also surgically placed inside theactor was a titanium metal rod, in his shattered left shin, to hold it together after it was caught and snapped in the undercarriage of his family’s seven-ton snowcat.

Last week, the actor – held together by the assortment of plates and screws – appeared for an interview to speak about both the accident and his continuing path to recovery for the first time, with Sawyer presiding over the anticipated spot.

He described how he and his 27-year-old nephew, Alex Fries, had been trying to clear the road outside his Lake Tahoe home before the near-fatal accident so that his family, Ava included, could go skiing.

Despite the festive occasion, the father and daughter appeared somewhat dressed-down, with Renner donning a T-shirt and pair of cut-off denim shorts, and Ava still in pajamas and slippers

Despite the festive occasion, the father and daughter appeared somewhat dressed-down, with Renner donning a T-shirt and pair of cut-off denim shorts, and Ava still in pajamas and slippers 

The youngster appeared less than thrilled by the media attention she and her famous father were receiving, while Renner looked noticeably happy, cracking a smile for the cameras

The youngster appeared less than thrilled by the media attention she and her famous father were receiving, while Renner looked noticeably happy, cracking a smile for the cameras

Sporting not one noticeable mark on his person, the actor's appearance was a far cry from the likeness seen in photos shortly after the accident

Sporting not one noticeable mark on his person, the actor’s appearance was a far cry from the likeness seen in photos shortly after the accident

Fries, the actor recalled, was trying to maneuver a pickup truck, while Renner was helping clear the way with the aforementioned snow plow. 

Renner told Sawyer he had been trying to free his nephew’s pickup when the accident transpired, sending the plow he had been piloting skidding in his nephew’s direction.

At the time, Renner recalled, he could not see Fries, and was concerned he would be hit.

He then chose to lean out out the cab to get a better view, likening the move to ‘driving a car with your foot [hanging] outside.’ 

He told Sawyer the decision was a ‘mistake,’ describing how he fell and frantically tried to reenter the cab before sucked into the vehicle’s still-moving tracks.

‘That’s when I screamed,’ Renner said of the blood-curdling pain than ensued.

‘When I went under the thing,’ he recalled, ‘I moved my legs, and I said, that one’s really messed up. That leg is going to be a problem.’ 

Sawyer asked if he remembered the pain, to which Renner replied: ‘Oh, all of it. I was awake for all of it.

‘I was on asphalt and ice. It feels like you imagine it. I could see my eye from my other eye. I was seeing stars,’ he said.

His injuries included a shattered right knee, broken jaw, and broken clavicle, as well as a punctured liver and a collapsed lung.  

He further recounted how he began loosing hope as his nephew frantically dashed to Renner’s home where several members of his family had been staying for the holiday, before jolting himself back to reality.  

 ‘What does my body look like? Am I just going to be like a spine and a brain like a science experiment? Is that my existence now? What is my existence going to be like?’ 

When the prospect of death entered his head, the Hawkeye star recalled telling himself, ‘not today, motherf*****,’ before being helicoptered out of the area.

As he waited for first responders arrived, Renner said his mother, Valerie, never left his side, and has since been nursing him back to health at his LA home more than 500 miles away.

Valerie was not seen outside the residence Sunday with her now recovering son and grandaughter – whose mom is Renner’s ex-wife Sonni Pacheco.

 



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