{"id":42535,"date":"2025-08-08T09:09:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/helicopter-crashes-into-barge-on-mississippi-river-near-st-louis-killing-2-people\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:09:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:09:58","slug":"helicopter-crashes-into-barge-on-mississippi-river-near-st-louis-killing-2-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/helicopter-crashes-into-barge-on-mississippi-river-near-st-louis-killing-2-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Helicopter crashes into barge on Mississippi River near St. Louis, killing 2 people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The river was closed to commercial navigation following the crash.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Video provided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstalert4.com\/2025\/08\/07\/crews-respond-helicopter-crash-alton-ill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS affiliate KMOV-TV<\/a> by witness Adam Briggs shows a black plume of smoke rising up from the barge.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/07\/33891f74-8b15-4cea-a829-f7b8abbc685e\/thumbnail\/620x1006\/7f190dcf17ab050ea14ed7e8e7b0f28c\/ap25219653819318.jpg#\" alt=\"Helicopter Crash \" height=\"1006\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/07\/33891f74-8b15-4cea-a829-f7b8abbc685e\/thumbnail\/620x1006\/7f190dcf17ab050ea14ed7e8e7b0f28c\/ap25219653819318.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/07\/33891f74-8b15-4cea-a829-f7b8abbc685e\/thumbnail\/1240x2012\/caacff6750128a05e8e25aef603ba86f\/ap25219653819318.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">This image provided by Adam Briggs shows smoke fill the air from a barge after a helicopter crash in the Mississippi River near Alton, Ill., on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Adam Briggs via AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fire, emergency medical and law enforcement personnel responded to the crash, and federal agencies were on the way, Pender said. 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