Blandford, MA (WHDH) — Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning a state trooper pulled over to assist what he thought was a disabled vehicle.
Trooper Carlos Nunez saw the vehicle in the breakdown lane on Route 90 in Blandford.
When he approached the vehicle, he found a woman in the backseat in active labor.
Nunez requested an ambulance but determined a delivery was imminent.
He made preparations and a short time later the woman gave birth in the vehicle.
Westfield EMS soon arrived on scene.
Both the mother and child were transported to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
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