Rains coats the windshield of a car Friday afternoon on I-40 near Iyanbito, N.M. Bad weather, including a sudden and severe hail storm created hazardous road conditions that resulted in several accidents, including one that forced westbound I-40 to be closed from Wingate to Gallup while rescue crews worked at the scene. In southeastern New Mexico, a tornado injured several people. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Mall Walker: Evaline Schnakenberg of Vanderwagen passes through a ray of sunlight as she walks through Rio West Mall on Friday afternoon. Schnakenberg says she frequently comes to the mall just to walk. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]

Weather-Related Accident: MedStar Ambulance EMT Albertina Watts uses medical tape to gently lift broken shards of glass from the skin of the unidentified driver of a mini-van Friday afternoon while behind her Gallup firefighters prepare the extracation equipment to get the victim out of the mangled vehicle on I-40 near Church Rock. A sudden hail storm in the area coated the roads with ice and made driving conditions extremely hazardous resulting in this collision as well as multiple other incidents of vehicles sliding off the road. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

The Gallup Youth Rugby Team runs a scrum drill during Sunday's practice. The team has been gaining support and members throughout the community and hopes to have a playing field of its own in the Gallup area eventually. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Inependent] Full Story