Officer Arrested in Fatal Crash

0:00It's April 30, I'm Cory with the story. This is Tampa Bay News today, driven by AI. A temple terrace police officer named Zachary Krug, a 25-year-old, got arrested after a crash they killed a 6-year-old girl. Florida Highway Patrol says he was driving his cruiser over 100 miles per hour, when it slammed into another vehicle near East Fowler Avenue, and North Drive, on April 16, just before 4pm. The crash happened when a Nissan Pathfinder, carrying three young girls, and driven by a 36-year-old Tampa woman, made a U-turn right into. Oncoming traffic. Krug's Ford Explorer collided hard, sending both cars into a ditch, and everyone ended up at the hospital where the 6-year-old didn't make it. The department came out strong with a statement, saying their heartbroken for the family, and fully backed the Highway Patrol's probe. They made it clear Krug's actions broke every rule in their book, from policy to training, and it doesn't represent how their officers roll day two.

1:00Day. Meanwhile, temple terrace cops ran their own internal review, and found he violated department rules, city regs, and the law straight up. They fired him on the spot, while FHP hid him with vehicular homicide, plus three counts of reckless driving causing serious injury. He turned himself. In, right after. This case shines a light on how speed behind the wheel can turn tragic in seconds, and now the legal process rolls forward as the family grieves.