
Ryan Dunn’s preliminary autopsy report listing his cause of death came in early yesterday, but if you ask me, “smashed all to f*ck” didn’t seem very scientific. Today police released hard numbers, which estimate Dunn was traveling between 130 and 140 mph at the time of the accident, with a Blood Alcohol Content of .196. Which, if my math serves, would make the degree of difficulty 27.44.
Police in West Goshen, Pa., have finished their reconstruction of the fatal June 20 accident and determined the Jackass star’s Porsche 911 GT3 may have been traveling between 130 and 140 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone when it barreled through a guard rail into a ravine and slammed into a tree before bursting into flames.
Additionally, investigators confirmed the Chester County Coroner’s toxicology results that show his blood-alcohol content was 0.196, two-and-a-half times over the state’s legal limit of 0.08.
Sadly, Dunn’s speed demon history makes the tragedy all the more predictable.
Per Pennsylvania court records, the reality star had at least 23 driving infractions over the last 13 years from six different counties, among them citations for speeding and careless driving, driving an unregistered vehicle, driving without a license, two parking-related transgressions and a criminal mischief-damage to property citation.
Most of the infractions ended in guilty pleas.
Dunn had two arrests under his belt, one in 2001 for a traffic infraction and another in 2005 after he was busted for DUI.
The latter charges were dismissed however once he completed probation and had his license suspended for a year.
Christ. Perhaps a car that does 190 wasn’t the best vehicle for him. I’m thinking a battery-powered bumper car and a thick helmet. For comparison, I’ve gotten three traffic tickets since I was 16, and I ignore speed limits like phone calls from my mom.
The impact of Monday’s deadly crash was so violent an autopsy conducted by the Chester County Coroner’s Office could not rule definitively if the 34-year-old daredevil and his 30-year-old pal, Zachary Hartwell, died as a result of blunt-force trauma or the subsequent fire that engulfed the vehicle.
As for Dunn’s companion, Hartwell was an Iraq War veteran who tied the knot with his high school sweetheart a little less than a year ago. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, aside from working with Ryan as a production assistant on Jackass Number Two, he also served as a stunt driver in Margera’s 2009 flick, Minghags. [EOnline]
Yep, so that’s pretty terrible. This is by far the saddest news I’ve ever had to report that ended with the word “Minghags.”



How do you get a BAC from a collection of ash?
RIP Butt Toy Man
You were right, NathanBedlam; I’M THE ASSHOLE!
Hi, I’m David Nowacki, and this is really sad.
Cell phone records show that Dunn tried to call Kenny Loggins when he entered the Danger Zone
Holy shit, that’s awful. Bam Margera made a movie that wasn’t for Jackass?
Vindication! Hey Bam, go ahead and try to wipe the smile off Roger Ebert’s face.
I got a DUI when I was 21 with a .09, .01 above the limit, biggest kick in the feeling stone sober cunt ever. Was only pulled over because the broad in my passenger seat was vomiting out the window so they spun that as probable cause. Since then I have only driven drunk with men who can hold their goddamn liquor.
What’s the use of a guard rail if it can’t stop a car going between 130 and 140 mph? I blame the government.
Goddamn. He makes Michelle Rodriguez look responsible.
Still time to sponsor me before I Drink and Drive Across America For Spinal Cord Research.
(a penny a mile shouldn’t grow too expensive in this joyless age)
This is one way to avoid another DUI.
April Margera tried to tell him that those UNITD93 vanity license plates were a bad idea…
0.196? Isn’t that fatal even without an accident? I bet his blood caught fire before the car.
“How do you take your meat?”
“Well Dunn.”
“…’Drunk’, definitely…I don’t know if you could call it ‘Driving’…”
He lived like Wile E Coyote and died like Daffy Duck.
It’s a great trick, Doc, but I can only do it once…
Apparently Zachary Hartwell was a much better stunt driver than stunt passenger.
So who do you think met him at the Pearly Gates, St Peter or Scott Kalitta?
…go ahead and look it up, I’ll be in the corner…
This is going to play great in Jackass 3D.196
It seems that Mr. Dunn took the idea of a viral marketing campaign for cKy way too literally.
Hi! I’m Ryan Dunn and this is drunken Ayrton Senna!
Charred, unidentifiable remains aside: has anybody confirmed that this isn’t a publicity stunt for Jackass 4.5?
Ashes to ashes, Dunn’s to dust.
Driving that fast while that drunk? More like Ryan Dumb.
Ryan had just flipped the fuck out because he spent $150k on a car that could do 200mph and that piece of shit still couldn’t run Crysis.
So seriously, who investigates crashes like this, the local PD or the NTSB? Seems like the latter would have more experience with things crashing at high rates of speed and bursting into flames.
Perhaps the Charlie Sheen voiced SatNav wasn’t the most suitable Christmas present. “Increase your speed. Leave the road. You are the wind. The trees cannot stop you, you have tiger blood. You do not need the road. Gravity cannot hold you down. You are a missile of win; St Elmo’s Fire. Was I in that?”
NOOO! THE TREEEESSSS!!! NOT THE TREEEEEEESSS!!
Way to blow it Ryan! What an epic oak job.
Ryan’s last words, “Fuck you gypsy moth!”
I’m calling time travel on this one. In the year 2061 that Porsche will come tearing through a seemingly instant lightning strike and stuntmen from days past will appear before a shocked future! Unfortunately, buildings will have been erected along route 322 and ‘ol Random Hero & company will end up ruining their shit all the same
He should have had a Volvo.
He lost track of space and pine.
He should have had a V8.
I ignore your mom’s calls too, but not her sexting.
I hope he enjoyed his 15 minutes of flame.
In related news, I’m pretty sure Steve-O is immortal now.
the pic above was snapped just before the two cops in the back hoped the fence and jubilantly made Dunn/Hartwell ash angels
this was actually a test shoot for “smokey and the bandit part 4″
the bandit was smuggling a shipment of moon shine back to big enos (through his veins)
Silly Dunn…he never should have put his ass in that car.
As for last words, my money is on “This is gonna suck…”
“Cannonball Dunn”?
Friends don’t let jackasses drink and drive.
A car travels down the road at 140 m/h. The BAC of the driver is .196. The car leaves the road and goes through 40 yards of trees. When does this event turn from “tragedy” to “what the fuck did you expect”? Solve for x. Show all work.
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“I told you so,” Roger Ebert attempted to say.
How long, do you suppose, until his family sues the bar for overserving him?
140/(1/.196)
your calculation is valid.
So, I guess this means 20,000 semi literate internet trolls – I mean angry Jackass fans – owe Baron von Underbeit – I mean Roger Ebert – a gold plated drool cup – I mean apology?
Goddamnit, I didn’t want to respond this particular line of reasoning, but fuck, I’m sick of hearing it.
Why would anyone owe Ebert an apology? He didn’t say anything intelligent. He made a shitty, self-satisfied joke (before he knew any of the above facts I might add), and then when people called him on it, he tried to act like his shitty, self-satisfied joke was a serious statement and turned it into a self-serving anecdote. We do have enough space for nuance in our brains to say “Fuck Ebert” and “Fuck drunk driving” simultaneously, correct? They’re not mutually exclusive.
I want to fuck Roger Ebert while driving drunk!!!!!!
Is that what you meant? Oh………
This is the greatest thread ever.
“15 minutes of flame”
Awesome.
The BAC of the driver is .196. The car leaves the road and goes through 40 yards of trees. When does this event turn from “tragedy” to “what the fuck did you expect”? Solve for x. Show all work.
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