Officer Delivers Baby in Traffic Stop
Posted on: Friday, 26 October 2007, 00:00 CDT
SPRING HILL, Kan. - A police officer made a traffic stop Thursday and ended up delivering the baby for the new parents who were speeding to the hospital.
Spring Hill Officer Andrew Peterson pulled over the couple on U.S. 169 in eastern Kansas, police said. The father, David Grate, got of the car and told Peterson that his wife was giving birth.
The officer then helped the new mother, Charlotte, with the birth of the baby boy, Matthew.
Peterson wrapped the newborn in his jacket until paramedics from the South Johnson County Fire Department arrived to take the family to a nearby hospital.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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