The helicopter as assisting with repairs to a tower when it clipped a powerline and crashed into a barge along the river.

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 ...

Two people are dead after a helicopter struck power lines and crashed onto a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, ...

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EAST ALTON, Ill. (AP) — Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, ...

Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, on Thursday, the ...

Video shows smoke rising from a barge on the Mississippi River after a helicopter crashed into it in Alton, Illinois on ...

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

The crash happened around 11 a.m. Thursday on the Missouri side of the river near Alton. The helicopter struck power lines, ...