NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico State Police closed I-25 northbound in Alogodones for several hours on Wednesday because of a multi-vehicle crash. Traffic is now moving again in both directions.

Attendance Clerk Katrice Grant speaks to siblings Melanie Pacheco, 8, left, and Marilynn Pacheco, 5, in the hallway before heading to their classrooms, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, at Algodones ...

Wednesday was a day of weather extremes in New Mexico because of the numerous thunderstorms ... multicar pileup that closed Interstate-25 near Algodones, N.M., and sent 18 people to the hospital ...