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CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — One person has died and several were
injured Sunday when a boat crashed into a ferry off the Memorial
Causeway Bridge and then fled the scene, authorities said.
The Clearwater Police Department posted on X that there were
multiple injuries and the crash had been declared “a mass
casualty incident” by the Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department
due to the number of injuries.
All of those injured were aboard the ferry, which was carrying
more than 40 people. Police did not provide any information
about the person who died.
The ferry came to rest on a sandbar just south of the Memorial
Causeway bridge and all patients and passengers have been
removed.
Police did not immediately provide any information about the
boat that fled the scene.
Authorities did not immediately provide the number of those who
were hurt.
“All local hospitals have been notified. Multiple trauma alerts
have been called with helicopters transporting two of the more
seriously injured," the post said.
Videos on social media showed several first responders rushing
to the scene with lights flashing.
Police cautioned drivers to avoid Memorial Causeway.
The U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation
Commission will investigate the crash.
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