CHEYENNE (WNE)  — A crash on Interstate 80 between Cheyenne and Laramie on Thanksgiving afternoon resulted in a 19-car pileup that sent two drivers to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials.

One end of a tractor-trailer was ripped off, spilling its load across the interstate, and it was separated from the cab, according to Wyoming Highway Patrol Commander Col. Tim Cameron. Cameron said he found a displaced engine from another commercial vehicle when he first walked up to the scene near mile marker 324.

The pileup happened at 2 p.m. and caused four more crashes, said Lt. Leo Ferguson with the Wyoming Highway Patrol. The pileup spanned three-quarters of a mile and involved mainly commercial vehicles.

Officials couldn’t confirm how long it took to clear the road, but the highway patrol continued to receive reports of other crashes for the rest of the day and into Friday.

Friday afternoon, Ferguson said that in the previous 36 hours, the highway patrol had investigated 86 crashes statewide, assisted 93 motorists and reported at least one fatality, though the location of the latter was unavailable. Officials say poor visibility, high gusts of wind and black ice have created dangerous driving conditions for interstate travelers.