Ryan Dunn was traveling at a speed exceeding 130 miles per hour, Pennsylvania police have concluded in their preliminary investigation into the crash that killed him early Monday morning. According to CNN, not only does the crash reconstruction investigation show an excessive rate of speed but preliminary tests indicate that the "Jackass" star was also far past the legal alcohol limit when he got behind the wheel of his black Porsche.
In a statement issued Wednesday, West Goshen Police Chief Michael Carroll said, "The initial crash reconstruction investigation determined that Mr. Dunn's vehicle was traveling between 132-140 mph at the time of the collision."
Carroll also noted that the toxicology tests conducted by the coroner indicated that Dunn's blood alcohol content was 0.196 percent, which is more than twice the state level of legal intoxication (0.8 percent). The coroner, who issued a preliminary autopsy report Tuesday, also found that the violence of the car crash left him unable to determine which killed the 34-yar-old Dunn and his 30-year-old passenger, Zachary Hartwell -- blunt force trauma or the nearly instantaneous fire that engulfed the Porsche subsequent to the crash.
West Goshen Police were called to the scene of a fiery crash outside of West Chester, Pennsylvania, at 2:30 a.m. Monday morning. The police report revealed that responding officers found a single car crashed alongside the highway and "engulfed" in flames. Dunn, who police said was driving the car, was identified by tattoos and the fact that the car was registered in his name. Hartwell was not immediately identified.
The story of the "Jackass" star's death immediately made headline news and set off a firestorm of traffic on the Internet. Besides words of condolences and support for the families of Dunn and Hartwell, the age-old argument against the dangers of drinking and driving became the topic of the day, sparked by a picture of Dunn, Hartwell, and another man drinking in a bar that was posted to Dunn's Twitter account about two hours prior to the crash.
Dunn, easily singled out from the "Jackass" crew by his signature beard, rose to fame through the MTV reality series "Jackass" and the following movie franchise. At the time of his death, he was involved in a series project on the G4 Channel called "Proving Ground," a show dedicated to recreating iconic scenes and events from various media sources (television, movies, video games) in a real world setting to see if they could be done. The show debuted on June 14. Upon news of his death, TMZ reported that the G4 Channel canceled future scheduled shows.
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