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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two workers died when their helicopter struck power lines and crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, ...

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