Approximately 45 people were aboard the ferry, including two crew members, and six people were on the other vessel at the time of the crash. Twelve people were transported to a local hospital,

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.

A ferry ushering families from a popular sand sculpting competition in Florida was struck by a recreational boat in an apparent hit-and-run – killing one ferry passenger and injuring several others, police and witnesses said.