(Veneta, OR) -- An ODOT Maintenance Coordinator rescued several drivers who were stranded on Highway 126 between Florence and Veneta. Freezing rain coated everything in ice and trees were coming down across the highway. ODOT's Jake Jensen had three chain saws and got stranded drivers to help cut fallen trees to clear a path. The extreme cold had the trees frozen, and he went through six saw blades. A tree fell on his truck damaging the overhead sign. No one was hurt. After several hours they cleared a path, and the drivers were able to get out.