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Utah paramedics deliver baby during highway closure

Fire and EMS crew were stuck in traffic when they received a call that a woman on the freeway was going into labor

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By EMS1 Staff

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Most people stuck in traffic simply wait for it to pass. But paramedics? They’ll deliver a baby.

South Jordan Fire Department paramedics and firefighters were stuck in traffic when they received a call about a woman in labor who was also on the highway.

Crews responded to the call, where paramedic Josh Brown helped deliver the baby in the back of an ambulance.

The woman and baby were then transported to the hospital.