A helicopter with 2 people on board has crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois.

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A helicopter with 2 people on board has crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois.

Two people died after a helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River in the village of East Alton, Illinois, a ...

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

The crash happened at about 11 a.m. about a mile and a half south of the Clark Bridge, said Missouri Highway Patrol spokesman ...

On Thursday morning just after 11 a.m., black smoke could be seen in Alton rising from the Mississippi River. Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matthew Fischer described a "large plume of smoke" when he arrived ...

Two people were killed when a helicopter on a barge in the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois. The suspect reportedly ...

Two people died after a helicopter struck power lines and crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River near Alton.