Helicopter Crash Kills 2 in Hickory County

The Missouri Highway Patrol says two people were killed when a helicopter crashed in a heavily-wooded area near the town of Cross Timbers in Hickory County. The Highway Patrol says the chopper took off shortly before midnight in a rural area just West of U.S. 65 and the pilot and a passenger were killed in the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are to take over the investigation.