BATON ROUGE, La. — A Baton Rouge police officer became the hero of the day when he jumped into action as a woman went into labor on the side of the road and he helped deliver the newborn.
The Baton Rouge Police Department said it happened Saturday when Baton Rouge Police Cpl. Jason Lee was flagged down by a passing vehicle on Greenwell Springs Road.
The driver told Cpl. Lee that her daughter was in labor, and they needed a police escort to the nearest hospital.
As he led the driver and pregnant woman to the hospital with his help as a police escort, the newborn was already on the way, and they had to pull over on the side of the road on Florida Street.
The mother was going into labor. Cpl. Lee called for medical assistance and sprang into action. He helped the woman deliver a healthy baby boy.
"I was stopped by a mother in need of emergency assistance in regards to her daughter @adoredessss__being in labor. EMS wasn’t near, so I attempted to escort them to the nearest Hospital. Well we didn’t make it! I quickly helped a brave young lady in delivering her baby boy on the spot. It was an experience neither of us will forget. I even had a chance to visit @adoredessss__ and her son “Noah” at the hospital," said Cpl. Lee in a follow up social media post.
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