An alarm was sounded at the beginning of Missouri and Illinois when it was lost to the radars. Shortly thereafter it became known that this was dropped on a boat on the Mississippi River.
Local authorities have rushed to the spot. St. Louis broadcast Wednesday afternoon to X: “Two dead in a helicopter crash in a barge on the Mississippi River near Alton.”
In a post he later reported: “The fire went out. Two dead were on the helicopter, not in the barge. There are no other injuries ».
Video from the point of the helicopter fall
WATCH: Video shows fire as helicopter crashes into barge at Mississippi River in West Alton, Missouri; casualties unclear.
– Intel (@Az_inTel_)
