The Federal Aviation Administration said that when a helicopter crashed into a barge near East Elton, Illinois in a helicopter Mississippi River, the Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday.
CPL. Dallas Thompson of Missouri State Highway Patrol confirmed that two people inside the aircraft were killed and no other reports were there. The state patrol said that no one was on the rain when an accident occurred.
The river was closed for commercial navigation after the accident.
The helicopter escaped in a powerline and crashed on the Mississippi river at around 11 am on Thursday, which is about half a mile from Elton Dam, the rivers said that the head of the fire district was said Rick Pender.
Video provided CBS affiliated kmov-TV A black plum of smoke rising above the barge is shown by witness Adam Brigs.
Adam Briges through AP 
Pender said, emergency medical and law enforcement personnel responded to the accident, and federal agencies were on the way. The FAA and the National Transport Safety Board will investigate the accident.
The Illinois State Police Department said that the Lewis and Clarke Bridge coming in Illinois would be closed for an undetermined amount, KMV.
The East Elton is about 20 miles north of St. Louis.
