The helicopter reportedly did not explode mid-air, in contrast to what eyewitnesses at the scene told 5 On Your Side.

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

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

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

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

Emergency officials were responding to a helicopter crash in a section of the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois.

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

Two people were killed after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis.

Illinois man, Missouri man killed in helicopter-barge crash near Alton ...

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

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