According to a News-13 WTHR.com report, the roads were particularly difficult for large trucks because they were stuck on inclines that were just a sheet of ice.
Police and Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) crews had to shovel under truck tires to help them gain traction.
![Indiana State Police help a truck stuck on the Interstate. Police and Indiana Department of Transportation crews had to shovel sand under truck tires to help them gain traction.](https://img.equipmentworld.com/files/base/randallreilly/all/image/2014/02/eqw.BLOG_Winter-Weather-War-Stories_INDOT_ISP-Helps-Truck.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&q=70&w=400)
Working in extreme winter conditions have become second nature for Indiana crews. Now, Indiana power crews from Central Indiana are heading to help out the southern states after a powerful winter storm moving across the South and all the way up the East coast has left more than half a million homes and businesses without power, according to another report from WTHR.com.
For a video about Indiana power crews assisting the southern states with restoring power, click here.