More than 1,000 Ohio Department of Transportation crews were out Sunday, working to make roads drivable amid the heavy snowfall.

What You Need To Know

  • Crews were out in the road en masse over the weekend and into Monday

  • The state department of transportation confirmed 36 plows have been hit so far this season

  • In the lastest accident, the driver that struck the plow fled the scene

Even by 8 a.m. Monday morning, ODOT press secretary Matt Bruning posted on social media that 910 crews were still on duty across the state.

According to the ODOT Winter Media Center, 36 snow plows have now been stuck this winter. That's compared to just 22 that were hit during the entire last season.

The latest plow to be struck was rear-ended. The ODOT North Central Ohio account shared photos on social media confirming the accident and noting that the other driver fled the scene. The driver of the plow was OK.

"We are all in a hurry, but road conditions can change quickly," their post reads. "An inicident like this results in one less plow truck out on the roadway."

So far this winter, ODOT says they have used more than 618,000 tons of salt and 13 million gallons of de-icer. They have driven more than 7 million miles and logged more than 806,000 hours. For perspective, the moon is only 238,900 miles away.

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