(AP) -- SAYRE, Okla. (AP) - Freezing rain has created what the Oklahoma Highway Patrol calls slick and hazardous driving conditions in western Oklahoma and stranded truck drivers at a travel stop.
Interstate 40 was shut down between Clinton and Elk City and Travel America assistant manager Misty Willis in Sayre calls the roadway a "skating rink."
Trucker Mitch Dodson is hauling soft drinks from Durango, Colo., to Virginia and says the interstate is a virtual sheet of ice from Amarillo, Texas, to Sayre. Fellow truckers Jerry Martin and William Lair say they're resigned to spending the day waiting for the road to clear.
Numerous accidents have been reported across the state - but no fatalities.
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