Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, north of St. Louis, on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Ghana held the final day of national mourning on Saturday (August 9) for Defense Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, who died in a military helicopter crash earlier this week along with six others.

A helicopter flying over the Mississippi River ran into a powerline then crashed into a barge and sparked a fire, killing two people. Cpl.