‘Mass casualty’:1 dead, multiple injured in hit-and-run boat crash involving Florida ferry
WE WANT TO GET YOU TO SOME BREAKING OVERNIGHT NEWS HERE AT 604. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A BOAT HIT A FERRY IN CLEARWATER. NOW THIS CLEARWATER FERRY AUTHORITIES SAY WAS CARRYING 45 PEOPLE WHEN A BOAT HIT IT AND SPED OFF. IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HURT, BUT POLICE SAY ALL THOSE HURT WERE PASSENGERS AND WERE REMOVED FROM THE FERRY. NO WORD IF THE BOAT THAT HIT IT HAS BEEN FOUND YET, OR IF ANY ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. A COUPLE ON BOARD THE FERRY SAID THEY WERE STUNNED. WE WERE JUST ENJOYING THE RIDE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEAR THE FIRST MATE YELLING, HEY, HEY, HEY! AND WE LOOK BACK BEHIND US AND THIS BIG YACHT JUST CAME THROUGH THE BOAT. NOW, FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE IS TAKING OVE
‘Mass casualty’:1 dead, multiple injured in hit-and-run boat crash involving Florida ferry
Updated: 6:56 AM EDT Apr 28, 2025
One person is dead and multiple people were injured after a hit-and-run crash involving a ferry in Clearwater Sunday night, police said.The Clearwater Police Department said around 10 p.m. that they were investigating a boat crash near the Memorial Causeway bridge.Police reported that the crash resulted from a hit-and-run incident on the water, where a boat collided with the Clearwater Ferry and fled the scene.Officials said the Clearwater Ferry was carrying 45 passengers at the time of the crash. After the crash, the ferry came to rest on a sandbar south of the Memorial Causeway bridge.Multiple trauma alerts were called, and helicopters transported two people who were seriously injured.At least one person has been reported dead as a result of injuries sustained in the crash, according to police.Details on a possible suspect have not been released. The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission will be handling the crash investigation.This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.
CLEARWATER, Fla. —One person is dead and multiple people were injured after a hit-and-run crash involving a ferry in Clearwater Sunday night, police said.
The Clearwater Police Department said around 10 p.m. that they were investigating a boat crash near the Memorial Causeway bridge.
Police reported that the crash resulted from a hit-and-run incident on the water, where a boat collided with the Clearwater Ferry and fled the scene.
Officials said the Clearwater Ferry was carrying 45 passengers at the time of the crash.
After the crash, the ferry came to rest on a sandbar south of the Memorial Causeway bridge.
Multiple trauma alerts were called, and helicopters transported two people who were seriously injured.
At least one person has been reported dead as a result of injuries sustained in the crash, according to police.
Details on a possible suspect have not been released.
The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission will be handling the crash investigation.
This is a developing news story and will be updated as more information is released.
