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Helicopter crashes into power lines and river barge 

audio iconFire & Arson
Near Locks and Dam Way, Alton, IL 62002
Audio|Source: East Alton, Hartford, Roxana, S. Roxana and Wood River Police / Fire
03:53

Transcript:
requested Alton Lock and Dam for a helicopter versus power line. Helicopter has crashed onto a barge into the river. Unknown how many souls on board. EMS and fire requested Alton Dam, possibly more accessible from the Missouri side. Helicopter crashed into power lines, crashed into a barge, now into the water. Unknown number of souls on board. EMS and fire requested. Alton Lock and Dam. Helicopter crash. Twenty-three off a ten A. Hervler. 300 block them over half. You don't want to respond. We're getting news that there's two occupants of this helicopter and it's not believed that they've gotten out yet. convenience in the helicopter on standby. Also, do we have access, land access to this? It's coming from. There's a large black cloud of smoke looking like the south side of town. 22 and I'll be headed that way to check it up. Just start heading to the Lockingham area. We're getting a call that a helicopter just landed on a chemical barge. We don't have an exact location if we have had multiple. I just spoke to someone saying that it's going to be east of Lock and Dam. I'm going to get you from New York. Okay, four, I'll be around. I'm working on it. I'm going to get you an arch. We're going to call the crow's nest and we're going to get Missouri. We have a large... possibly just be the lock and dam. It's going to be the area of the river. I don't know your exact location, but I'm getting information that a helicopter has crashed into a barge. We're getting called. It could be on Missouri side, could be on the Illinois side, if we can just get someone heading that way. Attention, station one, response to the area of River Heritage at Lock and Dam on the river. We're getting a call that a helicopter has landed on a barge. I don't have further information at this time. We're getting reports that it's on the Missouri side, but also on the Illinois side. I can just get a good end that way. Time on 1104. 4,300 is en route to Mike. 4,300 in route to Mike. 104. All this on cells.

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Near Locks and Dam Way, Alton, IL 62002
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