Florida, April 28
One person died, and several others were injured on Sunday when a boat collided with a ferry off the Memorial Causeway Bridge in Florida's Clearwater, US, before fleeing the scene, authorities said.
The Clearwater Police Department announced on X that there were multiple injuries and that the crash had been declared "a mass casualty incident" by the Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department due to the number of people hurt.
All those injured were aboard the ferry, which was carrying more than 40 passengers at the time of the crash. Police have not yet released any details about the person who died in the incident.
Following the collision, the ferry came to rest on a sandbar just south of the Memorial Causeway Bridge, and authorities confirmed that all patients and passengers were successfully removed from the vessel.
Police did not immediately release any information about the boat that fled the scene following the crash.