It was a manic Monday on many of Missouri’s roadways due to the winter storm that blew in.

Daren Hamelink, State Maintenance Director for MoDOT, said workers began treating I-70 and other roadways over the weekend before the snow arrived. But he added that it “rolled in faster than we thought.”

“We had been working to apply additional treatment on Monday when that storm rolled in,” he told Missourinet. “At that point, we just transitioned to snow removal.”

The Missouri State Highway Patrol received 817 service calls on Monday. They included:

214 stranded drivers

358 crashes

41 injuries

1 death

The snow-covered roads also prompted State Sen. Nick Schroer, R-St. Charles County, to blast MoDOT on social media, accusing the state agency of causing a “public health crisis.”

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