Iowa blizzard caused snow drifts so high on this highway it totally buried two cars

Last week’s blizzard brought heavy snow to central and western Iowa, as some places saw as much as 9 inches of snow.

One area that felt the blizzard was on Iowa Highway 141 near Denison, as the Iowa DOT shared images of staff clearing out a snow drift in that area and discovered two vehicles buried in the snow along the road.

In another picture, you can see a ‘no passing’ sign almost fully emerged in the snow.

The drivers of the two vehicles were traveling on Iowa Highway 141, east of US 59 and south of Denison last Tuesday night, when the car in front slid into a ditch. This caused the car behind to swerve and collide with the vehicle in front, according to Andrea Henry, director of outreach for the Iowa Department of Transportation.

Henry said the Manning Fire Department was called Tuesday night, but due to blizzard conditions, they were unable to reach the vehicles. As a result, the Iowa DOT was notified and sent staff to the scene Wednesday, after the blizzard had subsided, to attempt to dig out the cars.

Henry said none of the drivers suffered injuries, and both were picked up by a Crawford County sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday night. She said Iowa Highway 141, stretching from Mapleton to Manning, is prone to snow drifts due to the landscape in that area.

Cooper Worth is a service/trending reporter for the Des Moines Register. Reach him at cworth@gannett.com or follow him on X @CooperAWorth.