Baby makes 'hurried arrival' on side of highway just before winter storm hits region
An impending winter storm could not stop the arrival of one baby.
Before 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, Emergency Medical Services personnel helped a mother give birth to her child on the side of Interstate 279 in Pennsylvania as she was en route to a local hospital, according to a Facebook post from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Emergency Medical Services on Sunday morning.
"While most of Allegheny County was preparing for the winter storm, a baby boy made a hurried arrival overnight," read the post. "Pittsburgh paramedics, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, and PA State Police troopers located the vehicle just before the E. Ohio Street exit."
The post continued, "Medics performed a quick assessment of both patients, cut the umbilical cord, and prepared them for transport."
The mother and baby were allowed time together before "crew members from Medic 4 and ambulance 46 transported the baby to the hospital, while Medic 4 and Rescue 2 crew members transported the mother."
"No resuscitative efforts were required as the baby was breathing normally on its own during transport. Both mother and the child are doing fine," the post read, adding, "Great work by all!"
A massive storm brought heavy snow and dangerous freezing rain to a wide swath of the country on Sunday morning.
At least 20 states have declared a state of emergency as the storm closes in, including Pennsylvania.
