'Jackass' Star Ryan Dunn, 34, Dies in Car Crash

By PopEater Staff Posted Jun 20th 2011 10:35AM

'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn died early Monday in a Pennsylvania car crash, police confirmed. April Margera, the mother of a fellow 'Jackass' dare devil, Bam Margera, told a local radio station and later TMZ that Dunn was killed in the car wreck that also left one other, who has yet to be identified, dead. He was 34.

"Today I lost my brother Ryan Dunn," said 'Jackass' boss Johnny Knoxville in a statement. "My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie. RIP Ryan , I love you buddy."

The Morning Freak Show on 96.1 is reporting that Dunn was at the wheel when his 2007 Porsche careened over the road's guardrail and into the woods before bursting into flames. The collision occurred at roughly 3:00 AM Monday morning on Pennsylvania's Route 322.

"Ryan was a wonderful person he really was the sweetest and nicest guy -- he was like my extra son, everybody loved him," April Margera told Radar Online.

Margera has not been able to reach her son, one of Dunn's best friends, as he is currently traveling in Arizona. She also mentioned that Dunn's longtime girlfriend is not taking any calls and has turned off her phone.

A photo of the charred wreckage was posted on Twitter, apparently by the towing company. They were quickly taken down but uploaded on Flickr. The images show the extent of the fire that engulfed the vehicle.

Just hours before his death, Dunn tweeted a photo of himself and two pals -- documenting their night out, beer and cigarette in hand.

Although it has not yet been officially confirmed who was driving when it crashed or the cause of the accident, Chief Deputy Coroner David Garner told Chester County's Daily Local News that there was only one vehicle involved in the crash.

"Preliminary investigation revealed that speed may have been a contributing factor to the accident," police said in a press release. At this time, the report also categorizes the incident as an 'Auto Accident' rather than a 'DUI.'

Both bodies suffered severe burns in the wreck, and emergency responders could not immediately identify them, but police have confirmed that one of the victims was Dunn. The identity of Dunn's passenger will be revealed pending autopsy results due out later today.

In between projects with 'Jackass,' the fun-loving stuntman appeared regularly in spin-offs like 'Viva La Bam' and 'Bam's Unholy Union,' later launching his own MTV show, 'Home Wrecker' and appearing in films such as 'Haggard' and 'A Halfway House Christmas.'

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Monday 20 June

By jamie

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that's really insensitive. you don't know the details that led to the crash.

By Crash, IFR

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Some people do not believe in walking around with a safety net. Carpe Diem. God Bless'm for that.

By jack

No Jamie, we don't know the facts about the crash. But we do know that he tweeted pictures of himself out on the town drinking a couple hours earlier. That in itself logically brings up reasonable suspicions. Unless the other occupant of the car was a "designated driver", I would also have suspicions that this accident didn't have to happen.

By Morgan

You're an idiot. Just because they took risks in their lives does not mean he should have had to die like that. Yes drinking and driving is retarded, but the way you are acting about this is retarded as well. :/

By William Harrington

I have to go along with Jack. I would like to add that a 2007 Porsche fueled by alcohol could very well attain the speed needed to go over a guard rail and burst into flame.

By don't drink and drive. Unless your ina Mercedes...

Yeah it's not smart to drink and drive unless your behind the wheel of a Mercedes... They drive themselves, and know when the driver is approaching their limits, i actually think those cars care more about themselves than the actual driver...

By GCarista

Just because he took some risks in his job doesn't mean he wanted to die or cause pain to the ones he loved. Police Officers and Firefighters risk there lives every day. So if we go by your way of thinking there just looking to die and cause the ones they love pain. How about sending your condolences to his family and friends.

By paul

I keep reading posts saying "we don't know what happened yet". Correction, folks. We know exactly what happened. They weren't driving 30 mph in a Porsche at 3:00 in the morning. And they weren't sober either. I suppose you think there is a strong posibility that a tree jumped out in front of them?!

By halleyisanimeh

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that has nothing to do with anything, that wasnt a stunt he was doing

By konrad3465

RIP RANDOM HERO!

By anni

Random hero???????? WTF

Bam called him random hero sometimes on the shows. Go back to watching glee woman.

Much better that the "random hero" and his pal killed themselves rather than crossing the line and hitting an innocent family on vacation head-on. Bodies of dead drunks on the side of the road is still terrible, but much better than the dead bodies of children on the side of the road.

By ashley

When will people realize that drinking and driving literally KILLS! I don't understand it, Ryan Dunn was a pretty big celebrity with at least some money in his pocket, why couldn't he have called a taxi?

By Anastasia Beaverhausen

Thankfully, there was one one vehicle involved...

By r

or the duffers bus!

By Alan MacMeans

Ryan, you and your family are in my prayers. You're legacy will live on and you left us with memories forever!!

By michelle

how sad, he was always my favorite;(

By ryan

Nothing good happens after midnight. .Especially when partying and cars are added to the mix...

By eric

so true late night driveing and even drinking dont mix well.... even changeing a cd while at high speeds is not good eaither i learned that one myself when i rolled a car 6 days ago rip

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