Ferry crash kills one in Florida, injures others

No less than 1 idiosyncratic was killed and respective others injured aft a ferry carrying 45 passengers successful Clearwater, Florida, was struck by a boat, which past fled the scene.

The Clearwater Fire Department declared the clang connected Sunday evening a wide casualty incidental owing to the fig of radical injured.

The City of Clearwater said successful a station connected X that constabulary and occurrence services were astatine the scene, and six patients were declared trauma alerts, with 2 earnestly wounded individuals being airlifted to hospitals.

It added that the boat, which fled the country adjacent the city’s Memorial Causeway Bridge, had been identified by different instrumentality enforcement agency, and an probe was underway.

“All of the injuries are from the ferry. The vessel that struck the ferry fled the scene. The ferry came to remainder connected a sandbar conscionable southbound of the Memorial Causeway Bridge. All patients and passengers person been removed,” constabulary said.

The mishap reportedly occurred astatine the decision of the 17-day Sugar Sand Festival connected Sunday night, with galore radical taking the ferry to and from the festival.