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Freeway Delivery: Baby Born On I-495 With Help From Firefighters
The Sunday evening delivery ended with both mom and baby perfectly healthy, firefighters said.
WESTBOROUGH, MA — Westborough firefighters and EMTs helped deliver a baby boy along I-495 Sunday evening.
The delivery happened in the eastbound lanes around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the fire department.
"Westborough Medic 1 and Engine 4 just assisted with the delivery of a healthy baby boy on the Massachusetts Turnpike eastbound at Interstate 495," the department said in a tweet Sunday night.
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Sunday's highway baby joins a girl born in 2022 along I-290 in Marlborough. The girl was born in an ambulance, and her firefighter father was there to assist. Just a month before that highway birth, state police helped clear the way when a mother went into labor while stuck in traffic along the Mass Pike in Natick.
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