KALAMAZOO, MI -- The bitterly cold and snowy weather made the past week memorable, but no doubt what people will remember most about the recent snowstorm was it caused one of Kalamazoo County's the most horrific highway pileups in memory.

Interstate 94 finally re-opened Sunday after a 193-vehicle pileup on Friday morning that caused the closure of the highway for almost two days.

Here's a look at the event by the numbers:

1: There was one death -- Jean Larocque, 57, of St.-Chrysostome, Quebec, who was driving a semi-truck in the eastbound lanes.

23: Number of injured sent to area hospitals. Eight were taken each to Bronson Methodist Hospital and Borgess Medical Center, and six went to Bronson Battle Creek Hospital. All but three of the 23 people injured in the crash has been released from area hospitals as of Saturday and those that remained were listed in good condition. Two firemen and a wrecker driver were among those injured.











































76: Number of semi-trucks involved in the pileup, which also involved 117 other vehicles. Police say 26 semis and 34 cars were involved on the eastbound side of I-94, while 50 semis and 83 cars collided in the westbound lanes. The most problematic proved to a tanker truck hauling formic acid that blocked all eastbound lanes. The semi could not be moved until the acid it was hauling -- the stuff found in nature in ant venom -- could be drained off into another tanker, an effort that took most of Saturday.

43: Number of hours the highway was closed. Both sides of the highway were officially closed at 9:36 a.m. Friday. The westbound lanes were re-opened at 11:57 p.m. Saturday, 38 hours and 21 minutes later. The eastbound lanes were reopened at 4:35 a.m. Sunday, after being closed for 42 hours and 59 minutes.

40,000: Pounds of commercial fireworks in a semi-truck involved in the crash. The fireworks started exploding when the pileup on the eastbound side of the highway caught fire. The fireworks, consumer-grade explosives bound for a Lansing distributor, eventually burned themselves out.

3: Mile radius of evacuation area ordered at 12:30 p.m. Friday. Residents within a three-mile radius of the crash were asked to evacuate their homes because of hazardous materials at the scene, but that order was lifted within a few hours.

21:

Number of agencies involved in the emergency response efforts, not including hospitals. There were three police agencies (Michigan State Police, Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office and Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety); 10 fire departments (

Galesburg-Charleston,

Comstock,

Richland, Kalamazoo, Pavilion, Leroy and Oshtemo townships; Bat

tle Creek and Marshall and the Veteran's Administration), and eight other agencies (

Pride Care

Life EMS,

Life Care EMS, B

attle Creek VA EMS, Kalamazoo County

Medical Control Authority,

West Michigan Aircare, Red Cross Western Michigan School

School of Medicine and

Kalamazoo County medical examiner).

13: Temperature at the time the pileup occurred, according to records kept by the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport. The airport's weather records also reported "heavy snow" around the time the pileup was occurring, with winds at about 15 mph and a wind chill of minus 3. Bitterly cold weather and snowy weather hampered cleanup operations, officials said.

14: Total number of news releases issued by the Michigan State Police, Michigan Department of Transportation and American Red Cross between Friday and Sunday mornings in connection with the pileup.

12.5 million: Number of Google hits in a search for "I-94 crash Friday Jan. 9 2015." The crash received nationwide attention, including extensive reports on CNN and the Weather Channel.