Wrongful-death suit filed in crash fatal to 'Jackass' star

The parents of a man killed while riding in a Porsche driven by

Jackass

star Ryan Dunn last year are suing Dunn's estate and a local bar that served him alcohol.

Dunn, 34, and Zachary Hartwell, 30, of West Chester, died in the crash just before 3 a.m. June 20, 2011, when the Porsche 911 GT3 veered off the westbound lanes of the Route 322 bypass in West Goshen Township, Chester County. The sports car smashed through a guardrail, flipped over into a wooded ravine, crashed into a tree, and burst into flames.

Police say Dunn had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal threshold for intoxication and was going as fast as 140 m.p.h.

Hartwell, 30, of West Chester, was a recently married Iraq War veteran. His parents, George and Arma Hartwell of Melbourne, Fla., are suing Dunn's estate and the tavern owner, Barnaby's West Chester Inc. The wrongful-death suit, first reported by Courthouse News, was filed in Common Pleas Court and seeks unspecified punitive and compensatory damages. - Inquirer staff