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

Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a ...

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 ...

The crash happened around 11 a.m. Thursday on the Missouri side of the river near Alton. The helicopter struck power lines, ...

Emergency officials were responding to a helicopter crash in a section of the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois.

First responders say the helicopter had people on board who were trying to do work on nearby power lines before hitting one ...

Illinois man, Missouri man killed in helicopter-barge crash near Alton ...

Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a ...