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

A helicopter exploded mid-air after making contact with power lines above the Mississippi River on Thursday. These are the ...

The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on a deadly helicopter crash last week in West ...

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

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

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 ...

The helicopter collided with power lines and subsequently crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River and experienced a ...

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

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

This is a painful reminder of just how dangerous this work can be,” a local emergency management agency said in a statement ...

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