A minimum of one particular person was killed and a number of other others injured when a ship collided with a ferry close to Clearwater, Florida, officers stated Sunday evening. The precise variety of accidents was not instantly recognized, however the fireplace division declared it a mass casualty incident, the Clearwater Police Division stated.
Six folks have been declared “trauma alerts,” the town of Clearwater stated, and two of those that have been “more seriously injured” have been taken away by helicopter, police stated.
In response to police, a Clearwater Ferry carrying 45 folks, together with two crew members, was hit by one other boat, which fled the scene of the crash. The opposite boat, a non-public leisure vessel that was carrying six folks, has been recognized, the Coast Guard stated.
Regulation enforcement examine the wreckage of a Clearwater Ferry after a ship crashed into the ferry.
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The ferry “came to rest on a sandbar just south of the Memorial Causeway bridge,” police stated. All of the passengers, together with those that have been injured, have been taken off the ferry.
The Clearwater Memorial Causeway bridge connects Clearwater and Clearwater Seashore.
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