Drivers in central Minnesota spent part of their Tuesday watching an unexpected carb storm unfold on Interstate 94.

It started with a chain reaction at the Highway 25 interchange in Monticello. Snow piled up on the pavement. Traffic bunched. Then several rigs met. By the time troopers arrived, the mess looked like a pasta aisle that lost a fight with gravity.

The Minnesota State Patrol reported that the crash began just before 3:30 p.m.

Four semi-trucks, each pulling trailers, and a single passenger car tangled in the right lane

The collision tore open at least one of the trailers.

Pasta poured onto the interstate in “remarkable” volume. Troopers had to shut down the highway to scrape the noodles off the road.

One State Patrol spokesperson explained that the cleanup required heavy equipment because the pasta froze into the slush almost instantly.

According to Fox 9, the driver of the passenger car suffered minor injuries. Authorities said everyone else walked away unhurt, which seems like a miracle considering the size and weight of the semi-trucks involved.

The crash happened in the middle of a snow system that kept most of the Twin Cities on edge

The State Patrol reported that between noon and 6 p.m., troopers handled 130 property damage crashes, 12 injury crashes, six spin outs, 147 vehicles that slid off the road, and four jackknifed semi-trucks.

They noted that conditions along I-94 continued to deteriorate through the evening as wind and light snow pushed through after a brief warm lull.

The Monticello crash added another bottleneck to a network already stretched by the weather. Drivers dealt with miles of backups while crews cleared the wreckage and shoveled what amounted to an accidental pasta buffet off the asphalt.

The State Patrol reminded drivers to slow down and build distance during storms like this.