Two people are dead after a Hughes 369D helicopter crashed on a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois.

The crash, which happened north of St. Louis, closed a bridge into Illinois. A witness said it “just disintegrated” after ...

Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis ...

EAST ALTON, Ill. -- Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois ...

A helicopter flying over the Mississippi River ran into a powerline then crashed into a barge and sparked a fire, killing two ...

Two people died on Thursday after a helicopter they were on board crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River, shutting the ...

The Mississippi River has reopened to vessel traffic north of St. Louis after closing because a helicopter crashed into a ...

According to initial accounts, the aircraft collided with a barge on the upper Mississippi River, sparking a fire on impact.

The aircraft was flying utility contractors to work on lighting and markers for transmission lines north of St. Louis when ...

Federal investigators are probing what caused what is believed to be contractor helicopter to strike the utility's power line and crash onto a barge near Alton, which closed the Mississippi River to ...

A helicopter struck a power line over the Mississippi River and crashed onto a barge, killing two people and sparking a fire.