The aircraft was flying utility contractors to work on lighting and markers for transmission lines north of St. Louis when the accident happened.

Dallas Thompson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed the crash and said there was no one on the barge at the time ...

First responders confirmed that the helicopter crashed onto a barge and caught fire at about 11 a.m. Thursday. A witness, ...

A helicopter has crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois. The Federal Aviation Administration says Two people were aboard the copter on Thursday morning when it crashed ...

Wallace Maier was on the water late Thursday morning with guests, heading back up the river, when they saw a crew working on ...

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

The helicopter was carrying workers who were doing maintenance work on power lines, said Cpl. Dallas Thompson of the Missouri ...

Six people were shot, and four of them died after Travis Reinking opened fire at Waffle House in Antioch. The padlocking ...

Two people were killed when a helicopter on a barge in the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois. The padlocking comes after ...

First responders confirmed that the helicopter crashed onto a barge and caught fire at about 11 a.m. Thursday. A witness, identified as Adam Briggs, said he saw the helicopter crash near the Melvin ...

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

Two people aboard a helicopter that crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River have died, officials say. EAST ALTON, Ill. — Two people aboard a helicopter that crashed into a barge on the ...