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.

One person died and several passengers were injured Sunday night after an aquatic hit-and-run crash slammed the Clearwater Ferry, a public water taxi touted for its convenience and safety, into a sandbar near the Memorial Causeway bridge.