( CNN ) -- A bus hopped a highway median and crashed into a pickup truck before being broadsided by an 18-wheeler , Arkansas police said , killing the pickup driver and two bus riders . Two passengers were found dead inside the bus , said Arkansas State Police . Forty people were hurt in Sunday night 's crash , which shut down a 13-mile stretch of Interstate-40 east of Forrest City , Arkansas , said state police spokesman Bill Sadler . The bus was westbound en route from Chicago , Illinois , to Dallas , Texas . The driver of the pickup truck -- identified as 30-year-old Danny Okurily of Hot Springs , Arkansas -- died at the scene of the accident , Sadler said . Bus driver Felix Tapia , 28 , of Brownsville , Texas , and tractor-trailer driver David Rice , 45 , of Mars Hill , North Carolina , suffered minor injuries , according to The Associated Press . Two passengers were also found dead inside the bus , he said . Their names were not released because authorities have not yet notified relatives , Sadler said . Several dozen injured passengers were taken to hospitals in Forrest City , Memphis and West Memphis , said police . The bus , which listed 44 passengers on its manifest , was owned and operated by the Tornado Bus Line , which is based in Dallas , Texas , Sadler said . The crash happened just after 10 p.m. CT about 10 miles east of Forrest City and about 40 miles west of Memphis , Tennessee , Sadler said . E-mail to a friend . Copyright 2007 CNN . All rights reserved.This material may not be published , broadcast , rewritten , or redistributed . Associated Press contributed to this report .
Bus driver , tractor-trailer trucker injured in 3-vehicle crash , AP reports . Bus crossed median , hit pickup truck , then 18-wheeler , killing 3 . All lanes of I-40 closed for 13 miles east of Forrest City , Arkansas . Driver of the pickup truck and two bus passengers killed , police say .