Albuquerque police spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said late Wednesday afternoon that there had been nearly 225 accidents since the start of the New Year. Sixty-six of the accidents involved injuries.
Police also say a tow truck driver who had stopped to help a state police officer was killed along Interstate 40 in Albuquerque when his truck was struck by a tractor-trailer rig.
Albuquerque police spent Wednesday discouraging people from driving.
City officials say more than two dozen trucks would be working in 12-hour shifts to clear main roads, intersections and bridges.
Elsewhere in New Mexico, authorities said a 12-year-old boy was killed in an accident Monday evening south of Cuba.