UPDATE 2:45 P.M.
Police reopened the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 near Lonoke at 2:30 p.m., more than three hours after traffic was rerouted because of a fatal wreck, Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department officials said.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation, Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said.
Check back with ArkansasOnline for updates.
EARLIER
Three separate wrecks on Interstate 40 near Lonoke backed up traffic in the eastbound and westbound lanes for more than an hour Tuesday morning, Arkansas State Police said.
Police are rerouting traffic on I-40 west at exit 183 onto Highway 13 and then to Highway 70 after an accident and vehicle fires occurred around 11 a.m., Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department spokesman Danny Straessle said. The westbound lanes were still closed right before noon.
Straessle said at least one person was killed.
Near the same time, two wrecks on I-40 east closed lanes near the 173 mile marker, Arkansas State Police spokesman Bill Sadler said. Traffic was diverted at exit 165 before lanes reopened around 11:45 a.m.
One crash in the eastbound lane involved an RV*, a Democrat-Gazette photographer on the scene reported.
Check back with ArkansasOnline for updates on this developing story.
* CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story contained an incorrect description of the cause of a wreck involving an RV on Interstate 40.