( CNN ) -- A passenger ferry ran aground Tuesday near Battery Island , North Carolina , injuring more than a dozen people , the U.S. Coast Guard and the ferry line said . Fifty-three passengers and three crew members were on board , CNN affiliate WWAY reported . One passenger was flown to a hospital , and 12 others were taken to regional hospitals . A spokesman for Dosher Memorial Hospital in Southport , not far from Wilmington , said 12 of the victims were transported there and seven other injured passengers walked in to the emergency room . No one was classified as being in serious condition , Kirk Singer told CNN . All are expected to be OK , CNN affiliate WECT reported , citing the Coast Guard . The 64-foot Adventure Ferry came to the sudden stop at about 9 a.m. , which threw people around , leading some to crash into tables , a passenger told WWAY . It was heading from Southport to Bald Head Island at the time . The Coast Guard and other agencies responded to the scene . The ferry transport was suspended until the Coast Guard determines the passageway is safe , said Joyce Fulton of Bald Head Island Limited , parent company of Bald Head Island Transportation , which operates the ferry . As to why the ferry ran aground , she said , `` We 're still in the fact-gathering mode . '' CNN 's Josh Levs contributed to this report .
NEW : Captain says no one is in serious condition . The ferry came to a sudden stop , a man says . The Coast Guard is looking into whether the passageway is safe . It 's unclear why the ship ran aground .