A person is dead and others were badly hurt Saturday morning following a multivehicle crash in the Village of Chester.

The Orange County medical examiner was called to the scene of the accident involving two SUVs and a pick-up truck at Route 94 and Main Street around 10 a.m. It happened in front of the Chester Firehouse.

An exact cause was not immediately clear. Route 94 was closed well into the afternoon but has since reopened.

Neighbors said a loud bang woke them up. One neighbor said she saw first responders pull a young child from one of the vehicles.

Resident Connie Roach said Route 94 needs more traffic lights.

"[Route] 94, people use it as a raceway…This intersection, people will blow through the stop sign,” she said.

An SUV crashed into the Chester Firehouse at the same intersection two years ago.