Renner says he was to blame for the snowplow accident that almost killed him on New Year’s Day.

Renner told Diane Sawyer of ABC News on Thursday that he was using the plow to get one of his family’s trucks out of the snow. When the plow hit ice and started to skid, he worried about his nephew, who had just unhooked the chains connecting the plow to the truck. He fell out of the plow’s cab while trying to look back to see where his nephew was. “When you’re driving, you shouldn’t be outside the car. Do you get what I mean? Renner, who is 52 years old, said, “It’s like driving a car with one foot out of the car.” “But what happened happened. And I paid for it because it was my mistake.” He was hit by a car as he tried to get back into the car. He had over 30 broken bones, a collapsed lung, and a torn liver.

The Hawkeye actor also said that when he came to the hospital, he used sign language to tell his family, “I’m sorry.” “I’m in charge of it,” Renner said. “I’m sorry that what I did hurt so many people.”