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, ...

The crash, which happened near the border of Missouri and Illinois, closed a bridge into Illinois. A witness said it “just ...

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

A helicopter struck a power line over the Mississippi River and crashed onto a barge, killing two people and sparking a fire.

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. ...

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

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

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

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

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