TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. – Authorities have arrested a Temple Terrace police officer following a criminal investigation into a mid-April traffic collision that claimed the life of a 6-year-old girl. The Florida Highway Patrol took Zachary Krug into custody on April 30, 2026, roughly two weeks after the fatal incident on East Fowler Avenue.
The crash occurred on April 15 when a Nissan Pathfinder, driven by a 36-year-old Tampa woman, attempted a U-turn at the intersection of North Drive. Krug, 25, was traveling westbound in a department Ford Explorer when he struck the SUV.
While all five people involved were initially hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, a 6-year-old passenger in the Nissan later died…