Officer Arrested After Fatal Crash

0:00It's April 30th. You're listening to Tampa Bay News today, AI-powered local news. I'm Cory with the story. A temple terrace police officer named Zachary Krug, a 25-year-old who just started with a department in early 2024, got arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol after a deadly crash on Fowler Avenue. This happened on April 15th around 3.45 pm, when his department SUV collided with a Nissan Pathfinder during a U-turn, killing a six-year-old girl in the other vehicle. The crash left both cars spinning into a ditch, and everyone involved ended up at local hospitals. Sadly, the young girl didn't make it from her injuries, while her eight-year-old sister, one-year-old sister, and the 36-year-old driver, survived. City officials moved fast, firing Krug after their own internal probe found his actions broke department policies, city rules, and state laws. They stressed, this wasn't how their officers are trained to handle things.

1:00Meanwhile, the Florida Highway Patrol is running an independent criminal investigation, and temple terrace police are fully cooperating without. Spilling details on what exactly went down, post-crash, or triggered the internal review. This case highlights how quickly accountability can hit when lives are lost on the road, and will keep watching as more facts come out from the ongoing probe.