MATTAWAN, Mich. (CBS) -- A massive pileup resulted in a mess on Interstate 94 in southwest Michigan Monday afternoon.

The wreck happened was first reported just after 10 a.m. Chicago time on I-94 near Mattawan, Michigan – about 15 miles west of Kalamazoo, and a few hours from Chicago.

The pileup was caused by blinding lake-effect snow, and left cars and trucks destroyed.

The eastbound lanes were shut down as crews worked to reach multiple crashes with injuries.

"It's really windy, so I was getting blown around everywhere," one man said. "Like gusts of wind with snow, they just come out of nowhere."

CBS affiliate WWMT-TV, Kalamazoo, reported the eastbound I-94 had reopened by the late afternoon – after being closed between mile markers 66 and 72.