The storm -- which began Friday night, lingered through Saturday and left an icy mess on Sunday and Monday -- kept emergency responders busy.

The snow gave a rare opportunity for sledding, but it turned dangerous for one woman, officials said. A 55-year-old woman hit a utility pole while sledding off Princeton-Kenly Road near Kenly around 12:50 p.m. Sunday, said Josh Holloman of the county's EMS system. The woman, whose name was not available, was taken to Johnston Medical Center in Smithfield, where a UNC Hospitals helicopter picked her up, Holloman said.

The woman was unconscious, Holloman said, and her condition was not immediately known.

Johnston County had about 25 vehicle accidents on Saturday, said Beverly Herring, a 9-1-1 shift supervisor for the county. Sunday proved even more dangerous, likely because more drivers ventured out onto the roads, Herring said. By 11 a.m. that day, the county had received reports of 25 accidents.

All of the accidents were minor, and most involved drivers hitting guardrails or sliding into ditches, Herring said. By Sunday morning, only two people had been taken to a hospital, both with minor injuries, she said.

Slippery roads led the 50-210 fire department to close a stretch of N.C. 42 West near Old Drug Store Road, said Derrick Duggins, Johnston's emergency-management coordinator. Several cars on the road had slid into ditches, he said.

A state Highway Patrol trooper was in a minor accident Sunday on Interstate 95 near Benson. Shortly before 11:30 a.m., Trooper R.B. Maynard was sitting in his patrol car while investigating an accident. The driver of a Nissan sedan didn't see the patrol car and struck it from behind, said First Sgt. I.O. Grady of the Highway Patrol.

"Weather wasn't a factor at all," Grady said. "[The driver] just wasn't paying attention at all when he came around the curve."

The trooper and the driver of the Nissan escaped injury, Grady said.

Despite the ice, Johnston County didn't have widespread power outages. The county received only four reports of outages, Duggins said.

"We've actually lucked out in those regards," he said, adding that the main concern for emergency workers was road conditions.

The state Department of Transportation started preparing for the storm a few days early, said Douglas Williams Jr., a transportation supervisor. In Johnston County, crews began spraying salt brine on the county's interstates on Wednesday, then tackled other roads on Thursday and Friday.

The brine, in use in Johnston for about three years, helps keep the road from freezing and makes snow removal easier, Williams said.

Before the storm hit, Johnston emergency officials had been talking to law enforcement, the county health department, the Red Cross, the school system and other agencies, Duggins said. The county was "prepared for the worst," he said.

The amount of snowfall in the Triangle varied. The Raleigh area saw about 4 inches, said Terry Click, an information-technology officer with the Raleigh office of the National Weather Service. Clayton got about 3 inches, while Four Oaks got less than 2, Click said.

After they storm, temperatures refused to climb enough to melt much of the ice, and happy students in Johnston County found out Sunday that they wouldn't have to wake up for school on Monday -- or on Tuesday as it turned out. Johnston Community College also canceled Monday and Tuesday classes.

Johnston students will make up the snow days this Saturday (Feb. 6) and April 9.

While teachers got the day off Monday, some professions can't have snow days. Johnston sheriff's deputies transported some Johnston Medical Center workers to the hospital in Clayton and Smithfield. They also gave rides to some jail employees, sheriff's office dispatchers and 9-1-1 dispatchers, said Bengie Gaddis, chief deputy for the sheriff's office.

Deputies transported about 35 workers on Sunday, Gaddis said. He expected that number to double on Monday.

"Even though it's snowing, the show must still go on," Gaddis said.

Nearly 20 sheriff's deputies were on duty over the weekend, compared with the typical 10 or so, Gaddis said.

This storm was a doozy, but folks shouldn't be looking for more snow -- at least not this week. Temperatures are expected to climb into the 40s the next couple of days.

Staff Writer Andrew Kenney contributed to this report.