Forty people were aboard the ferry that was struck near a bridge in Clearwater, Fla., according to the police. It was unclear how many had been injured.

Multiple people were injured after a boat struck a ferry carrying dozens of passengers near the Clearwater Memorial Causeway in western Florida on April 27, authorities said. The crash involved the Clearwater Ferry and a recreational vessel,

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.