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

Two people are dead after a Hughes 369D helicopter crashed on a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois.

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

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

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

Two people were killed Thursday after the helicopter they were in struck power lines crossing the Mississippi River and ...

Two people have been killed after a helicopter crashed into a boat on the Mississippi River. The crash triggered a fire that ...

Illinois man, Missouri man killed in helicopter-barge crash near Alton ...

Two workers died when their helicopter struck power lines and crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, ...

A helicopter installing marker balls on power lines clipped a power line and crashed into the Mississippi River near the ...

The Mississippi River has reopened to vessel traffic north of St. Louis after closing because a helicopter crashed into a ...