Crime & Safety

Car Crashed at 130 MPH at Time of Dunn Accident

Police have determined that the car was traveling at 130 miles per hour when it went off the road and into a tree.

According to police, Ryan Dunn's car was traveling at 130 miles per hour when it left the road, killing Dunn and his passenger, Zachary Hartwell.

Police investigators completed an accident reconstruction this afternoon and determined that Dunn's car travelled at a high rate of speed while crashing through a guardrail, striking a tree and bursting into flames.

West Goshen police also said that alcohol could be related to the crash, but a toxicology report isn't expected until Wednesday or Thursday. 

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The Chester County Coroner's Office also released a report today citing blunt force trauma and thermal trauma as the cause of death.


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