MORIARTY, N.M. — I-40 is back open east of Albuquerque after two major crashes sent multiple people to the hospital and slowed traffic Thursday.
While responding to a semi-truck fire at around 10:20 a.m., Moriarty fire crews found three semis and three cars crashed near mile marker 195 on westbound I-40.
Four people were hospitalized in unknown condition.
Then, around 2:30 p.m., a crash happened at mile marker 192 on the eastbound side of I-40. Crews found a pickup truck pinned under the back of a semi…