2 dead after helicopter strikes power line and crashes into barge on Mississippi River

Two people were killed Thursday after the helicopter they were on board struck power lines crossing the Mississippi River and crashed onto a barge below, police said. The accident happened around 11 a.m. as the crew of the helicopter was conducting work on the power lines that cross the river in the area of St. Charles County, Missouri, State Patrol Cpl. Dallas Thompson told reporters. The helicopter crashed onto a barge in the river and there was a fire, but it was quickly ext