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.

The crash involved the Clearwater Ferry, which had over 40 people on board, according to the Clearwater Police Department.

One person died in a mass casualty event after a boat crashed into Clearwater Ferry in Florida. The boat that struck the ferry fled the scene.