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Two Dead After Helicopter Crashes Into Barge in Mississippi River

by August 7, 2025
August 7, 2025

Two people are dead after a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis on Thursday morning.

The helicopter reportedly ran into a powerline before it crash. Two people inside the helicopter were killed.

No one was on the barge at the time of the crash.

CBS News reported:

Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis, on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Cpl. Dallas Thompson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed that the two people inside the aircraft were killed and that there were no other reported injuries. The state patrol said no one was on the barge when the crash happened.

The river was closed to commercial navigation following the crash.

The helicopter ran into a powerline and crashed around 11 a.m. Thursday on the Mississippi River about a half-mile downriver from the Alton Dam, said Rivers Pointe Fire District Chief Rick Pender.

More on this story from Fox 2 St. Louis:

The post Two Dead After Helicopter Crashes Into Barge in Mississippi River appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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