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

A helicopter has crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River in the US, leaving two people dead. Pictures showed smoke ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Dallas Thompson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed the crash and said there was no one on the barge at the time ...

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