A Florida man was taken into custody on a warrant Monday, more than a year after crashing a sports car that killed another man, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Zachary Edward Kreusch, 21, of Winter Springs, was arrested for vehicular homicide and put into Seminole County Jail. On May 16, 2023, troopers were notified of a single-vehicle crash involving a Porsche Boxster on Brumley Road at White Tail Trail, east of Oviedo in Seminole County.
According to an FHP investigation, Kreusch called 911 to report the crash and gave the dispatcher words that appeared to take culpability for the collision.
“I was driving my mother’s new automobile, and my friend wanted to see how fast it could go. According to the FHP report, Kreusch told the 911 operator that he began it down the road and that they lost control. “And, it went into the ditch, and it flipped, went over the fence and my friend is stuck, and he’s not breathing,” he told me. “I think I just killed my friend.”
An FHP investigation indicated Kreusch was driving the automobile westbound on Brumley Road when he “failed to negotiate a curve” and went off the road.
The sports car then drove into a ditch, colliding with a tree before hitting a fence. According to FHP, the vehicle caught fire as a result of the collision.
The car’s passenger, Dylan Charles Astacio, 20, of Oviedo, died at the scene.
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A responding deputy inquired whether Kreusch was in the car with Astacio, to which he replied, “Yes, I was. That was my fault.”
According to the report, Kreusch suddenly said, “I’m the reason he’s f***ing dead” and “I have his blood on my hands.”
FHP decided Kreusch was driving the car in a “willful and reckless manner” based on evidence at the scene and his comments to the 911 operator and a responding officer and charged him with vehicular murder.