GILLETTE (WNE) — A 25-year-old Colorado man died and a bus driver was airlifted for treatment after a head-on crash Sunday morning south of Wright.

Campbell County Coroner Paul Wallem said Nicholas Finnian Mahoney, of Littleton, Colorado, died instantly at the scene.

Sheriff Scott Matheny said the sheriff’s office began receiving “numerous” 911 calls at about 7:30 a.m. for a pickup versus passenger bus accident on Wyo. Highway 59 south of Cosner Road.

He said Mahoney was driving north on the highway in a 2018 gray Ford F-150 when he crossed the double yellow lines and hit a southbound mine passenger bus.

Mahoney had chest and head injuries and was removed from the truck, Wallem said. The driver, age unknown, of the Dakota Bus Service passenger bus was taken to a hospital for treatment by helicopter.

Matheny said there were no other notable injuries to bus passengers.

Rod Orullian, a truck driver who often drives on Wyo. Highway 59, approached the aftermath shortly after the crash. He saw about six or seven bus passengers  trying to get out of the bus through the side windows, while emergency responders worked to take the bus driver out of the vehicle.

Orullian said bus passengers weren't able to get out through the regular doors. The bus hadn’t tipped over but it had gone about 600-700 yards through a field off of the road. Orullian said he was at the crash site for about two hours before the debris was cleared and the road was reopened.