Multiple people were injured after a boat collided with a ferry carrying more than 40 people in Clearwater, Florida, according to authorities.

Police and fire crews were responding to a boat crash that injured several people near Clearwater, Florida. The exact number of injuries was not immediately known, but the fire department declared it a mass casualty incident, the Clearwater Police Department said.

One person has died and multiple others were seriously injured after a boat crash in the city of Clearwater, Florida, police have said. The Clearwater Ferry, which had more than 40 people on board, was struck by a boat which then left the scene.