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.

A boat crashed into a ferry and then fled the scene, leaving one person dead and several more injured, Florida's Clearwater Police Department said. It was declared a "mass casualty incident" by the Clearwater Fire & Rescue Department due to the number of injuries.

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.