Unsettling fresh images of the ferry that was damaged in a collision with a private boat and the survivors being escorted to safety show that at least one person has died and twelve more have been hurt.

As they worked through the night to rescue people ashore, the US Coast Guard and police quickly deemed the Sunday night catastrophe a “mass casualty event.”

A private boat carrying six persons struck the Clearwater Ferry as it was transporting festivalgoers to and from the last night of the 17-day Sugar Sand Festival. Continues…