Two people dead after helicopter crashes into barge on Mississippi River

There were no other reported casualties after the crash that occurred about 20 miles north of St Louis, Missouri

Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 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.