India, April 29 -- Jeremy Renner is opening up about the freak accident that nearly claimed his life. In his memoir, My Next Breath, the Avengers star details the horrific moment he was crushed by a 14,000-pound snowplow in 2023. The 54-year-old held himself accountable for the accident, which left him with catastrophic injuries, after he tried to prevent the machine from sliding toward his nephew.

"I could see my lifetime. I could see everything all at once. It could have been for ten seconds; could have been for five minutes," Renner writes in his book released on Tuesday, per Page Six. "I know I died . When the EMTs arrived, they noted that my heart had bottomed out at 18, and 18 beats per minute, you're basically dead."

"Six f-king ...