One person has died and at least seven other people were hurt in a pair of wrecks on Interstate 85 near Mebane.

Mebane Mayor Glendel Stephenson told WXII-TV that the first wreck happened early Wednesday when the fire chief and an engine were at the scene of a wreck when a woman hit the fire chief’s vehicle.

The woman died in the crash. Her name has not been released.

Fire Chief Bob Lewis was taken to a hospital for treatment.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol responded to that wreck and a trooper’s SUV was hit by a bus carrying about 40 passengers.

The trooper was also taken to the hospital.