A "mass casualty incident" was declared in Clearwater, Florida, Sunday night after a recreational ferry carrying dozens of passengers was struck by a boat in a hit-and-run, police said.

One person died and several others were injured when a boat crashed into a ferry off the Memorial Causeway Bridge in Florida and then fled the scene, authorities said. The Clearwater Police Department posted on X that there were multiple injuries and the crash had been declared “a mass casualty incident” by the Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department due to the number of injuries.