Baby Born on Mass. Turnpike: State Police

BOSTON, MA — Two Massachusetts State Troopers jumped into action on an extra-special assignment Sunday night, helping assist a woman as she went into labor on the Massachusetts Turnpike.

The call came in just after 7 p.m. Sunday evening from a Framingham couple who had pulled over on Interstate 90 Eastbound at the Allston Brighton tolls, State Police said.

Trooper Joseph Hilton arrived first, followed quickly by Lieutenant William Nee, beating Boston EMS to the scene.

The couple, meanwhile, had pulled into the parking lot just after the toll booth at Exit 18. The woman, by this time, was in active labor, according to State Police, and both troopers jumped in to assist.

State Police said EMS arrived around 7:35 p.m., and the baby boy was delivered inside the ambulance. The baby an his parents were then taken to Mass. General Hospital.

"Excellent work by all involved," State Police said in a press release.

Police did not disclose the couple's name, but did share a photo of them and their newborn from MGH, with Trooper Hilton standing by:

Photo via Mass. State Police