The Clearwater Police Department posted there were multiple injuries and the crash had been declared “a mass casualty incident” by the fire department due to the number of injuries.

One person died and multiple people were injured in Clearwater, Florida, when a boat struck a ferry with dozens of people on board and then fled the scene, police authorities said. The hit-and-run occurred just off the Memorial Causeway bridge before 10 p.m. on April 27, according to the Clearwater Police Department.

Multiple people were injured after a boat collided with a ferry carrying more than 40 people in Clearwater, Florida, according to authorities.