Ryan Dunn intoxicated at time of crash
Ryan Dunn's blood level was .196, more than twice the legal limit when he fatally crashed his Porsche earlier this week.
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A toxicology report released by police has revealed that Jackass star Ryan Dunn was drunk when he crashed his 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 earlier this week, killing himself and passenger Zachary Hartwell.
Dunn’s blood level was .196, more than twice the legal limit for drivers in Pennsylvania. The high .196 level indicates that alcohol made up nearly one-fifth of the total blood coursing through his body.
He was driving at least 130 miles an hour before he collided with a guardrail and crashed. Michael Carroll, chief of the West Goshen Township (Pa.) Police Department, said it was the “worst” accident he’d ever seen, adding that he’d “never seen a car destroyed in an automobile accident the way this car was … even before it caught on fire.”
Dunn had also received at least 23 driving citations in the 13 years before his fatal car accident.Ten of these were for speeding and careless driving, and three more were for driving with a suspended license, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. 90%of these ended in guilty pleas.


Dunn appeared in the Jackass TV show, its three feature films and several offshoots of the brand including Steve-O: Out on Bail, Viva la Bam and Bam Margera: Serious as Dog Dirt.
UPDATED:
As a nod of respect to Ryan Dunn, a number of favourite Jackass shows will run at the following times on MTV, channel 124: Thursday 23 June – 11am-1pm, 7pm Saturday 25 June 9am – 5pm.
“We are devastated by the tragic loss of Ryan Dunn – a beloved member of the MTV family for more than a decade. He made us all laugh and had the tireless enthusiastic approach to life of your favorite middle school friend. Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with Ryan’s family and friends. The Jackass brotherhood will never be the same.” Van Toffler, President of MTV Networks Music/Films Group.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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11 Responses
Stupid is as stupid does. From the look of his driving record, it was always going to end in tears for this guy.
@JM, the police were able administer a blood alcohol test on Dunn when they attended the accident scene, hence the .196% reading. The test that is going to take 4-6 weeks is his toxicology screen, which will test as to whether he had any other substance of note in his bloodstream, ie ampetamines, cocaine, weed, etc. His blood alcohol content has already been established.
@Trix, a woman here in NSW recently blew something like .24% (almost five times over the limit). She had her children in the car with her at the time. Just unbelievable, the lack of judgment of some people.
@Ben : Clear and unobstructed, thanks. I have alcoholics close to me personally who continue to make decisions just like this idiot.
@Trix – haha! Stoli and lime – num num.
@Secret Squirrel, yeah, I meant vodka …
Other media are saying that the alcohol level wont be back for 4 – 6 weeks……. where is that figure from?
@Trix – 0.47% and above is generally considered to be fatal for “normal” (non-alcoholic) people but is actually only a third that of the highest level ever recorded – 1.48% – by someone who had sculled grain spirit (nearly pure alcohol). Even so, I would still consider nearly 0.2% to be “a lot”.
“… I’m can-canning on the table after half a bottle.”
I imagine that your husband might possibly be torn between being pleased that you are a relatively inexpensive drunk, and being annoyed when you occasionally do it at restaurants! 🙂
@Mac. How’s the view from that high horse?
No sympathy for someone who chooses to put other people at risk. Do what you like with your own life, not the rest of us.
@Secret Squirrel, that level of alcohol does sound high, but in my very quick research the highest ratio ever recorded was 0.47%. No, im not sh***ing you. I’m pretty sure too there was someone caught here in Australia that blew 0.248 or something like that. Unbelievable – I’m can-canning on the table after half a bottle.
seattletimes.nwsource.com/…/2003672880_webalcohol19m.html
David, I’m assuming that the error is in the original copy but there is no way a person’s blood would be 20% alcohol (or anything else). Less than half a percent is usually fatal. A blood-alcohol reading of 0.196 means that 0.196% or nearly 1/500th of his blood was alcohol. That’s still a lot.
Judging from his previous behaviour, this guy was a statistic waiting to happen. As is too often the case, his lack of responsibility has killed somebody else, altho’ they prob would have known that they were taking a big risk by getting in the car with him.
As per original copy, yes….