US EditionTwo die when helicopter crashes into a barge in the Mississippi River
ALTON, ILLINOIS, AUG 7 – The helicopter struck power lines while installing marker balls, causing a crash and fire that killed two people; the Mississippi River was closed to commercial traffic, officials said.
- Thursday morning, a Hughes 369D helicopter crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, killing two people.
- The helicopter was installing marker balls on power lines near the 200-mile marker when it hit a power wire and crashed into the barge.
- Amid thick smoke, the Alton Fire Department and a private tug boat doused flames as about a dozen agencies responded, officials said.
- Immediately following the collision, the Mississippi River was closed to navigation and the Lewis and Clark Bridge was shut to traffic, officials said, with an investigator arriving Friday.
- With the barge carrying chemicals and flammable materials, pollution teams and Coast Guard officers were dispatched near the Melvin Price Locks and Dam.
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Charter captain was on the river when helicopter crashed nearby
WEST ALTON, Ill. – For the past 16 years, Wallace Maier has been taking guests up and down the Mississippi River to search for catfish on charter trips. Maier was on the water late Thursday morning with five guests, heading back up the river, when they saw a crew working on a transmission line over the Mississippi River. Maier said he’ll never forget what he saw next. “All of a sudden, it touched the line, and it wasn’t a helicopter anymore. In …
Two die when helicopter strikes powerlines and crashes into a barge on the Mississippi River - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a barge and sparked a fire that belched plumes of black smoke, officials said. The helicopter crew was near East Alton, Illinois, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of St. Louis, when it careened into the barge on the Missouri side of the river. Authorities said no other injuries were reported. Adam Briggs was fishing on …
Helicopter crash kills 2, shuts Mississippi River, Coast Guard says
CHICAGO - Two people died on Thursday after a helicopter they were on board crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River, shutting the waterway to traffic near Alton, Illinois, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
2 people dead after helicopter crashes into barge and catches fire near Alton
By Dana Rieck, Nassim Benchaabane, Bryce Gray Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Two people died Thursday morning after a helicopter struck power lines, crashed into a barge and caught fire near Alton. The crash happened just after 11 a.m. about a mile and a half south of the Lewis and Clark Bridge, said Missouri Highway Patrol spokesman Cpl. Dallas Thompson. There were two people in the helicopter a…
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