At least 2 airlifted after boat hits ferry off Clearwater bridge and flees, police say
CLEARWATER Fla WSVN Rescue crews have airlifted at least two people to the hospital after a boat hit a ferry with over three dozen people on board off the coast of Clearwater and took off police announced Clearwater Police Clearwater Fire Rescue and U S Coast Guard units responded to the scene of the crash off the Memorial Causeway bridge Sunday night Investigators disclosed there were more than people on board the Clearwater Ferry and several of them are hurt Police the boat that struck the ferry fled the scene and the ferry came to rest on a sandbar just south of the bridge Fire bureaucrats have declared the happening a mass casualty event die to the number of injuries As of p m officials have not specified hoe several people were hurt The Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will be handling the probe into the crash Please check back on WSVN com and News for more details on this latest story
