The crash, which happened north of St. Louis, closed a bridge into Illinois. A witness said it “just disintegrated” after ...

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

According to initial accounts, the aircraft collided with a barge on the upper Mississippi River, sparking a fire on impact.

The helicopter collided with power lines and subsequently crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River and experienced a ...

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

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 ...

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

First responders say the helicopter had people on board who were trying to do work on nearby power lines before hitting one ...