‘Jackass’ star Ryan Dunn, 34, and his 30-year-old friend Zachary Daniel Hartwell, died in a car accident in Pennsylvania early Monday. During the crash, Dunn's 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 went off a road, crashed into woods and caught fire.West Goshen (Pa.) Police Chief Michael Carroll told reporters that an accident reconstruction team determined the high rate of speed the vehicle was traveling before it collided with a guardrail, landed in the woods and burst into flames.
A memorial service for "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn was held on Wednesday at the DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home in West Chester, PA.
"It shows what drinking and driving can do," she said. Daughter Valerie, a 15-year-old "Jackass" fan, called Dunn's death "heartbreaking." Accident-reconstruction teams have estimated that at around 2:30 a.m. Monday, Dunn, who a preliminary toxicology report shows was intoxicated, was driving his 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 between 132 and 140 mph in a 55 mph zone. Dunn's family and friends, including "Jackass" stars Bam Margera and Johnny Knoxville, attended a private memorial service on Wednesday.
Chrissy Guthan, of Coatesville, agreed: "They shouldn't have been driving [drunk]. According to the Chester County coroner's office, Dunn's blood alcohol level was .196, more than twice the .08 legal limit in Pennsylvania. The coroner's report lists blunt force trauma and thermal trauma as the official causes of death for Dunn, 34, and his passenger, 30-year-old Iraq war vet Zachary Hartwell, who was credited as a production assistant on "Jackass Number Two" and was working with Dunn on his new G4 show, "Proving Ground."
Hours before the crash, Dunn tweeted a photo of himself, Hartwell and another man at Barnaby's of America, a West Chester bar.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday that Dunn received at least 23 driving-related citations in the past 13 years, 90 percent of which ended in guilty pleas, including 10 stops for speeding and careless driving and three more for driving with a suspended license.
Police reported that the firey car crash on Monday, involving the death of Ryan Dunn of MTV's Jackass and passenger Zachary Hartwell, showed evidence that Dunn's BAC was well over the legal limit of .08. Many commented about the crash in hopes to provide awareness such as a West Goshen police officer to MTV News."
Hours before the crash, Dunn tweeted a photo of himself, Hartwell and another man at Barnaby's of America, a West Chester bar.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday that Dunn received at least 23 driving-related citations in the past 13 years, 90 percent of which ended in guilty pleas, including 10 stops for speeding and careless driving and three more for driving with a suspended license.
Police reported that the firey car crash on Monday, involving the death of Ryan Dunn of MTV's Jackass and passenger Zachary Hartwell, showed evidence that Dunn's BAC was well over the legal limit of .08. Many commented about the crash in hopes to provide awareness such as a West Goshen police officer to MTV News."
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