All lanes of westbound Interstate 40 were reopened around 3:15 p.m. after a wreck involving three tractor-trailers.
David Nilles with the Arkansas Department of Transportation public information division said the agency had no information on whether anyone was injured in the crash.
Traffic in the area remains backed up for several miles as of 3:30 p.m.
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All lanes of a section of westbound Interstate 40 near West Memphis are closed Tuesday afternoon following a wreck involving three tractor-trailers, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
The wreck was reported around 12:50 p.m. about 5 miles west of West Memphis, said David Nilles, a writer in the public information division of the transportation department.
He said responders reported a "possible" entrapment of someone in one of the vehicles.
Online traffic maps from the department show traffic at or near a standstill from roughly U.S. 79 to College Boulevard as of 2 p.m.
Drivers are being rerouted to U.S. 70, according to the department.
Nilles said the department did not know how long it would take to clear the crash.