Overview
- Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported 244 non‑injury crashes, 106 injury crashes and three fatalities from midnight to noon, with roughly 350 crashes statewide.
- EMSA said it handled about 15 times the usual number of accidents and confirmed 27 patients were transported to hospitals.
- Crashes were concentrated on bridges, overpasses, ramps and major junctions such as the I‑35/I‑40 interchange.
- ODOT stated it did not pretreat highways but deployed crews during the morning to sand and salt elevated roadways and said operations would continue until routes were clear.
- The City of Tulsa brined city streets overnight and reported no major issues on municipal roads as social media users criticized ODOT’s decision-making.