Baby Girl Born in Ambulance on Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway

By Rashed Mian Posted on March 14, 2013

A mother who went into labor after stopping on the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway early Thursday morning is in good health after emergency responders helped deliver the baby in an ambulance, Nassau County police said.

The Highway Unit and Emergency Ambulance Bureau were called after the pregnant woman and her husband stopped on the side of the road near Exit 1 just before 3 a.m., police said.

Responding officers and Advanced Medical Technicians placed the woman in the back of an ambulance where she gave birth to a baby girl at 3:07 a.m., police said.

The mother and baby girl were taken to a local hospital where they were reported to be in good health, police said.

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Rashed Mian

Rashed Mian has been covering local news for the Long Island Press since 2011. He graduated from Hofstra University in 2010 where he studied print journalism. Rashed, the staff’s multimedia reporter, covers daily news for the web, shoots/edits feature videos and writes about civil liberties. He loves Afghan food and sports. Rashed is also a caffeine freak. Email: rmian@longislandpress.com. Twitter: rashedmian