LITTLE HEAVEN, Del. - The driver of a crash in Kent County, Del. that killed a Verizon Worker from Dover was arrested and charged Thursday.
Delaware State Police said 27-year-old Zachary M. Krytzer, of Milton, was released from the hospital Thursday afternoon and was immediately taken into custody and charged with 1st-degree vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of drugs. He was arraigned and released after posting $20,500 secured bond, police said.
On Tuesday, June 7, police said Krytzer hit 41-year-old Heath B. Janssen, who had just completed a check of the phone lines under a manhole cover and was standing behind his work truck. Police said it happened just before 2 p.m. Tuesday on SR 1 in Little Heaven.
Police said Krytzer drifted onto the southbound shoulder where the Verizon truck was parked, hit a mailbox and a road reflector, then hit and pinned Janssen to the back of his work truck.
Janssen was pronounced dead at the scene. Krytzer was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries where stayed until his release Thursday afternoon.
Police said Tuesday that witnesses had reported see Krytzer weaving between both southbound lanes of SR1 prior to the crash.
