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.

One person has died and multiple others were injured after a recreational boat collided with a ferry carrying 45 people in Clearwater, Florida, police told CNN. The recreational boat fled the scene,

The Clearwater Police Department posted there were multiple injuries and the crash had been declared “a mass casualty incident” by the fire department due to the number of injuries.