The deaths of Ryan Dunn and Zach Hartwell may just be the worst tragedy of 2011. I’m sure it’s the two most senseless deaths of 2011. It’s two deaths that were preventable. These death can mean something and I’ve always hated when people say that. But in this case it rings true. The Jackass crew has so much influence over the youth of today, it would mean so much if the Jackass crew would make a PSA standing with a life size picture of Ryan and Zach and commenting they’d be alive today if they didn’t get in the car after drinking alcohol. Bam’s pain is real, in a short interveiw at the accident scene veiwers could feel Bam’s pain as he spoke it was very powerful. You could feel the senselessness of it. I’m not a fan of they’re type of humor but having two teenage boys I had the opportunity to watch many Viva La Bam episodes as well as many scenes of their work over the last 8-10 years. Ryan had talent, Ryan worked for every dollar he had and had the scares to prove it. Ryan didn’t just get handed his parts in movies and TV shows, Ryan didn’t roll in on a skateboarding career Ryan worked. He had just launched (Jun 14th) his new show Proving Ground. By all accounts it really showed his talent. He had so much more to do on this planet. It just a shame what’s happened.
My thoughts and deepest sincerity go out to Ryan and his Family, Angie and her family and to Bam and his family. I know they are all in pain now and for months to come. Ryan will be missed by all he touched .
More on the Party before the Accident
One of the last people to see Jackass star Ryan Dunn and his friend Zachary Hartwell alive has revealed new details of their drinking session at a West Chester bar before the high-speed car crash that killed them both. Thaddeus Kalinoski (pictured above)spent five hours drinking with Dunn at Barnaby’s, downing shots of whiskey, but says that the MTV star ‘didn’t appear drunk’ as he left the bar.
‘He was drinking quick. He ordered for the entire bar,’ Kalinoski told The Daily. ‘The crowd was just pouring in. It was a massive party, with people everywhere, drinking.
Kalinsoki, 34, was a friend of the Jackass star, also 34, but had not seen each other for several years before that night. He says that Dunn drank ‘at least four shots of whiskey’ and ‘a number of beers’ on Sunday night, and recalls that he became ‘the life of the party.’

Pictures from that night show a flushed-faced Dunn in high spirits with fellow revellers, and Thaddeus has also released a picture of himself and his famous friend, who leans in to kiss his cheek for the camera.
While he insists Ryan ‘didn’t appear drunk,’ Kalinoski admits he was ‘severely intoxicated.’
‘I could barely walk,’ he told The Daily. ‘I couldn’t drive home so I passed out in my car. That’s the type of environment it became.’
Kalinoski says his own friends and family were concerned when they learned of the fatal crash on Monday morning.
He said: ‘My phone started ringing. People thought that I was in the accident. They said, "Are you OK? Are you OK?"’
Chester County Coroner’s Office have confirmed from autopsy that the cause of death for Dunn and his passenger Zachary Hartwell, 31, was ‘blunt and thermal trauma due to a motor vehicle accident and that the nature of the deaths was accidental.’
The report states that the accident in Dunn’s Porsche 911 was so violent that it was impossible to determine whether they died from the initial impact of the crash or the fireball.
Their injuries were such that Dunn was identified by his tattoos and hair, while there was a considerable delay in confirming that the passenger was Hartwell, who was also drinking at the bar on Sunday night.
A toxicology report, which will reveal the role of alcohol in the crash, will take four to six weeks.
Kalinoski says that before leaving the bar around 2am, Dunn was encouraging his fellow revellers to tune into his new TV show Proving Ground, and spoke of how proud he was of best friend and co-star Bam Margera.
‘He was just so excited for the future,’ Kalinoski says. ‘He was talking about all of these good things that were happening – and then it’s over.’
Dunn also discussed his former addiction to painkillers with Kalinoski, telling him he ‘was in a bad way’ the last time they saw each other in Baltimore in 2006.
‘He said back then he was having some problems. He was addicted to Vicodin and Adderall,’ Kalinoski says.
Dunn’s best friend Margera visited the crash site today and gave an emotional interview to local news station WPXI.
A weeping, and clearly overcome Margera said: ‘It was the worst phone call I ever got in my life waking up to that. I’ve never lost anybody that I cared about. It’s my best friend
‘He (Dunn) was the happiest person ever, the smartest guy. He had so much talent, and he had so many things going for him. This is not right, not right.’
Police say Dunn was travelling at around 130mph in a 55mph zone when his Porsche 911 flew off the road at around 2.30am on Monday morning in Pennsylvania.
West Goshen Police Chief Michael Carroll, who was involved in the accident reconstruction, described it as the worst crash he had ever seen.
Mr Carroll told RadarOnline that the Porsche – which can hit speeds of up to 190mph – was going at a very high speed when it collided with a guardrail, before landing in the woods and catching fire.
He told the website: ‘I’ve never seen a car destroyed in an automobile accident the way this car was even before it caught on fire,’ Carroll said.
‘The automobile actually came apart. It was unbelievable and I’ve been on a lot of fatal accident scenes. This is by far the worse I’ve ever seen.’
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