Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis, on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Cpl. Dallas ...

UPDATE: The St. Charles County Medical Examiner has identified the victims of the crash, which can be found here. ALTON, Ill. – Two people were killed after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the ...

A helicopter struck power lines and crashed into a barge along the western bank of the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, on Thursday morning, and the crash led to the deaths of the two people ...

Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a barge and sparked a fire that belched plumes of black smoke, officials ...

In April of this year, the Mississippi River had swelled to a peak of 49 ft., well above the 43 ft. flood level. Low lying areas like the Kings community dealt with flooding issues, Eagle ...

The helicopter collided with power lines and subsequently crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River and experienced a post-crash fire, said the NTSB Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at ...

Emergency crews responded late Thursday morning to a section of the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, after reports of a helicopter crash by St. Louis' Fox 2 television. The Federal Aviation ...

Alton Fire Department's Marine 1, a fire and rescue boat, right, is dwarfed by the Donna H. Furlong as it extinguishes the fire of the helicopter wreckage on top of the barges filled with ethylene ...

ALTON, Ill. — Two people were killed when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River in Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis. The helicopter hit transmission lines over the Mississippi ...