WEST GOSHEN, Pa. — “Jackass” star Ryan Dunn’s blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit at the time of his fatal car crash, police said Wednesday.
Toxicology tests showed Dunn had a blood alcohol content of .196 when his Porsche collided with a guardrail, flew into a ravine and burst into flames in West Goshen, Pa., about 35 miles (56 kilometers) west of Philadelphia early Monday.
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The legal blood alcohol limit in Pennsylvania is .08.
Besides alcohol, no “drugs of abuse” were found in the star’s system, a press release issued by West Goshen Police Chief Michael Carroll added.
According to the Chester Country Daily Local News, police also disclosed that Dunn might have been driving as fast as 130mph (209kph) before the crash that killed the MTV daredevil and his passenger Zachary Hartwell, 30.
Hours before the crash, Dunn, 34, had posted on Twitter a picture of himself drinking at a bar with Hartwell and another companion.
The Philadelphia Inquirer also reported Wednesday that Dunn had received 23 driving violations in the past 13 years — 10 that were attributed to speeding and careless driving.
Dunn pleaded guilty to 90 percent of the charges, according to the Inquirer.
“He drove too fast,” April Margera, the mother of one of his “Jackass” co-stars Brandon “Bam” Margera, told WCAU-TV, adding, “I yelled at him all the time about that.”
Mourners have flocked to the site of the accident, leaving mementos and flowers in memory of the reality TV personality.
Bam Margera broke down while visiting the scene of the crash that killed his best friend, “Jackass” costar Ryan Dunn.
Speaking at the crash scene Tuesday, Margera told WTXF, “I’ve never lost anybody that I care about. He’s my best friend.”
Emotional Margera added, “He was the happiest person ever, the smartest person, with so much talent. He had so many things going for him. It’s just not right, it’s not right.”
Margera was in Arizona with friends when he received what he described as the “worst phone call I’ve ever got in my life.”
He told WTXF that he had a premonition of the accident before he received the news.
“At 12:30 [local time], I just started punching out the windows of the rental van and ripping out the speakers, and I don’t even know why,” he said. “I wasn’t mad at anything or anybody. If it was 12:30 there [in Arizona], that means it was exactly when he crashed.”
A private funeral for Dunn was scheduled for Wednesday, with the controversial Westboro Baptist Church threatening to picket the service.
“WBC will picket any public memorial/funeral held for Dunn, warning all not to make a mock of sin, & to fear & obey God,” the fanatical religious group, based in Kansas, said in a release on their website.
“We will be prepared to ensure order is maintained,” West Chester Police Chief Scott Bohn said about the rumored protest — though scarce details were released about the private gathering to honor Dunn.
A public memorial service for fans is expected at a later date.