Tulsa Conditions Improving After EMSA Responds To 27 Road Accidents In 8 Hours

Winter weather caused some headaches for drivers across Tulsa and northeast Oklahoma on Friday Morning.

The City of Tulsa is continuing to remove and treat the snow on the roads and says crews are expected to work 12-hour shifts through Friday.

EMSA reported that it had responded to 27 accidents between midnight and 8 a.m. on Friday morning. Tim McCorkill with the City of Tulsa thinks the reason for the crashes this morning might be because the short layer of snow could bring a false sense of security for those who are not careful.

"Most everybody was just looking at the one inch, even though they said one to three. So everybody is going to work and you get all that traffic out there and it's snow-packed, but they're not slowing down, and so when they're coming up to stoplights and intersections, they're having a hard time stopping and the same thing on the highways," said McCorkill.

McCorkill says he doesn't expect to bring the entire crew in to treat the roads this weekend, but he is keeping the brine trucks on standby to treat the roads again later Friday night