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Police: Ryan Dunn was drunk at time of crash

The cast of "Jackass 3D" arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. UPI/Jim Ruymen
The cast of "Jackass 3D" arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

PHILADELPHIA, June 22 (UPI) -- Ryan Dunn's blood alcohol content was nearly two-and-a-half times the legal limit at the time of his fatal car crash, police in Pennsylvania said Wednesday.

The Chester County Coroner said Tuesday blunt force trauma and fire were the causes of death for the 34-year-old "Jackass" star and a 30-year-old production assistant for the film and TV franchise who was with him. Toxicology tests that would show definitively if alcohol was involved are expected to be released in four to six weeks.

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Officials have said it appears Dunn's Porsche went off the road into a wooded area at high speed, then burst into flames.

West Goshen Police Chief Michael Carroll told the Daily Local News Wednesday Dunn's level was 0.196 at the time of the crash.

"No other substances were found in his blood other than the alcohol," Carroll said.

The legal limit in Pennsylvania is 0.08, TMZ said.

The entertainment news Web site cited unnamed police sources as saying Dunn was traveling 132 to 140 mph when his car crashed.

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