One dead as Florida authorities declare ‘mass casualty incident’ over boat crash

One person died and several others were injured when a boat crashed into a ferry off the Memorial Causeway Bridge in Florida, authorities said (Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/AP)

One person died and several others were injured when a boat crashed into a ferry off the Memorial Causeway Bridge in Florida 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.