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

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

Two people were killed Thursday after the helicopter they were in struck power lines crossing the Mississippi River and ...

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

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

Two people are dead after a helicopter struck power lines and crashed onto a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, ...

The helicopter as assisting with repairs to a tower when it clipped a powerline and crashed into a barge along the river.

Video shows smoke rising from a barge on the Mississippi River after a helicopter crashed into it in Alton, Illinois on Thursday. Two people were killed in the accident, according to authorities.

EAST ALTON, Ill. (AP) — Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, ...

A helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River between Illinois and Missouri Thursday — killing at least two people.

The chopper crew is believed to have been working on power lines when it crashed into one of them and then hit the barge below. Large plumes of smoke and an explosion were captured on camera in the ...