One Dead, Multiple Injuries In FL Ferry Hit And Run

Tampa’s ABC affiliate reports:

The City of Clearwater says one person has died and multiple injuries have been reported following a boat crash near the Memorial Causeway bridge. ABC Action News spoke with the mayor of Clearwater, Bruce Rector, who says the Clearwater Ferry was in a collision with a privately owned boat.

“We believe the boat responsible for hitting the ferry left the scene immediately and we believe our law enforcement partners are at another location with that boat right now, but we are still asking anybody who has information anyone that witnessed anything anyone that may have any video to contact us,” said Rob Shaw with the City of Clearwater.

According to Shaw, 45 people were on board the ferry at the time of the crash, including two crew members. Of the injuries, six were listed as trauma alerts.

Read the full article. Passengers were returning from the final day of an event called the Sugar Sand Festival.