One killed in Florida hit-and-run ferry boat crash
One person was killed and more were injured in Florida after a hit-and-run ferry crash.
One person died and a dozen others were sent to a hospital in Clearwater, Florida, after a recreational boat struck a ferry carrying dozens of people and then fled the scene, law enforcement officials said.
The hit-and-run occurred just off the Memorial Causeway bridge around 8:40 p.m. on April 27, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The agency said 45 people were aboard the ferry and six people were on the other vessel.
The Coast Guard said that 12 people had been transported to a local hospital but did not provide additional information about their conditions.
After the crash, the ferry came to rest on a sandbar just south of the bridge, the Clearwater Police Department said. The bridge connects Clearwater and Clearwater Beach and sits north of St. Petersburg and west of Tampa.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is leading the investigation into the cause of the collision.
