The Mississippi River has reopened to vessel traffic north of St. Louis after closing because a helicopter crashed into a ...

The helicopter ran into a powerline and crashed Thursday morning on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, ...

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

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

Two people died on Thursday after a helicopter they were on board crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River, shutting the ...

Authorities say a utility helicopter with two people on board accidentally struck a power line in Illinois before crashing ...

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

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

Around 11 a.m., the helicopter crashed onto a docked barge about 200 yards downstream from the Melvin Price Lock and Dam No.

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

Emergency officials were responding to a fatal helicopter crash Aug. 7 in a section of the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, according to transportation officials and local media. ...

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