A Hughes 369D helicopter crashed on a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, on Thursday, Aug. 7 East Alton is roughly 20 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri Two people died as a ...

A docked barge burned on the Mississippi River near Alton, Ill., on Aug. 7 after a utility helicopter working on an Ameren Illinois power project struck a line and crashed onto the vessel, killing two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Authorities say a utility helicopter with two people on board accidentally struck a power line in Illinois before crashing into a ...

Two people were killed Thursday after the helicopter they were in struck power lines crossing the Mississippi River and crashed onto a barge below, police said. The accident happened around 11 a.m. as ...

A tarp covers the wreckage of a helicopter after it clipped a power line spanning the Mississippi River and crashed onto a barge Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in near Alton, Illinois. A blue tarp covers the ...

Federal authorities say they are investigating what caused a helicopter owned by a power-line company to crash Thursday in the Pocono Mountains, killing two people. The crash occurred shortly before 7 ...

Authorities say a utility helicopter with two people on board accidentally struck a power line in Illinois before crashing into a barge in the Mississippi River. Both people died in the incident.