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

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 ...

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

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

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

The helicopter was carrying workers who were doing maintenance work on power lines, said Cpl. Dallas Thompson of the Missouri ...

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

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

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

A massive helicopter crash in the Mississippi River near Alton has sparked emergency response from Missouri and Illinois ...

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