Death of Ryan Dunn: How Jackass saved the life of Steve-O

The wacky Jackass are in mourning. One of them, the bolder, Ryan Dunn, died in a car accident the night of Sunday to Monday, around 3:00, driving his Porsche near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The autopsy of 34-year stuntman is in progress.

While the investigation continues, columnist Rob Shuter American people Popeater site, publishes a recent interview with Steve-O, a founding member of Jackass, which reflects the close links that unite them. An interview just days before the drama in which Steve tells how Johnny Knoxville and Jackass saved his life.

Throughout his life, Steve-O, 37, suffered from his addictions to alcohol and drugs, until his friends and colleagues came to his aid: "Johnny Knoxville and a few members of the Jackass team intervened and I found myself locked in a psychiatric center. When I was in the hospital, I was so aggressive that they decided to keep me two weeks instead of three days originally planned. with this time before me in this institution, I have come to recognize that I really need help. "

Steve-O will never forget the date of March 10, 2008, since when he is sober. These long hours to take cocaine with Mike Tyson and Lindsay Lohan ("It's a secret," said he) are now far behind him. He admits today that the guys from Jackass him probably saved his life.

Ryan Dunn was not so lucky. Américian site TMZ, has revealed the identity of the passenger who was in the car at the time of the accident. This is Zachary Hartwell, 30, a friend of Ryan Dunn, who had spent the evening with him. According to police, two men died from the crash of the Porsche which then caught fire.