Two people are dead after a Hughes 369D helicopter crashed on 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 when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis ...

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

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

Video shows smoke rising from a barge on the Mississippi River after a helicopter crashed into it in Alton, Illinois on ...

The horror crash unfolded midday in West Alton, Missouri as images from the scene showed a large fire on the barge and smoke ...

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

Smoke can be seen rising from a barge on the Mississippi River following a helicopter crash - the aircraft is said to have ...

Emergency crews, led by the Alton Fire Department, are currently on the scene, and authorities have shut down the nearby ...

Smoke could be seen rising from a barge on the Mississippi River following a helicopter crash - the aircraft is said to have ...

By Karl Plume"If the (northbound) barge won't arrive until after that time, it needs to carry a lower draft. The same will soon be true on southbound business. We end up with 200 tons less than ...