[kellyhound]

The Iowa Department of Transportation released traffic video Tuesday from Monday's deadly multi-car pileup on I-35.

As many as 70 cars collided on the snow-covered freeway, killing Dana Easter, 53, of Independence, Missouri.

The video does not show the bus in which the driver died.

Most drivers had to abandon their wrecked cars, others spent hours stuck in the crash.

Authorities reported that several other people were taken to the hospital.

Officials with the Story County Sheriff’s Department told KCCI that the crash is the worst they’ve ever seen.

Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Nathan Ludwig told KCCI that eight people died on Iowa roads Monday. Altogether, troopers responded to 185 accidents across the state, he said.

“You just have to wonder why people travel so fast when they can't see what’s in front of them,” Ludwig said.

Ludwig said the snow caused whiteout conditions, but that drivers involved in crashed around the state failed to take precautions.

“The majority of the accidents that are happening yesterday were because of those two things: traveling too fast and traveling to close to the car in front of you and not leaving an out to be able to stop,” Ludwig said.

Iowa Falls resident Lindsay Hernandez said her family’s minivan was damaged in the I-35 pileup.

“I tried stopping and it was just a sheet of ice,” Hernandez said. “God protected us. Thank God for that.”

Hernandez said she was trapped for several hours. CyRide buses collected 33 stranded motorists and brought them to shelter at Ames City Hall.

Capt. Barry Thomas, with the Story County Sheriff’s Office, said drivers should be prepared for winter conditions because it is impossible to predict the danger.

“We just tell people to be prepared,” Thomas said. “Make sure you have water bottles, (a) cellphone that's charged and a cable with you so you can call for help if need be, warm clothes … just all the things that make sense during winter driving conditions in case you get stranded.”

A tour bus transporting cast and crew of "Dancing with the Stars: Live! Light Up the Night" was involved in a crash on Interstate 80, presumably due to hazardous conditions after snow fell over much of the state.

The bus was en route to Stephens Auditorium in Ames. All the cast and crew members are fine, with some recovering from minor injuries.

[Ninjavandal]

Just another reason why SoCal

[Shakey]

What a cluster fuck.

[Desert Rat]

Cam pans down at 5:07 and there's a police suv in the access road. Good response time given conditions, but can't fix the stupidity of other drivers. Great vid!

[Bletch]

Damn

[booboo2718]

Short answer? Slow the fuck down.

[King Herald]

Maybe it is just the video, but I didn’t see many lights on vehicles?

[patmann123]

this is retarded, why can't people slow down in crap weather... anyone hear of defensive driving? sheesh..

[nerd]

Wow... How did 70 morons end up in one spot all at the same time?

I have to edit this though because kudos to those two truck drivers than ran off the highway. There would have been many more than just 1 death if either of them piled in there.

[SLAPAPPY]

Hammer down.... it's just a little ice!