‘Special moment:' Utah trooper jumps in to help after baby born in car on highway
SALT LAKE CITY () — A mother went into labor on I-15 in Salt Lake City earlier today, giving birth to a baby boy while en route to the hospital.
Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Angel Teran was in the right place, at the right time to step in and help.
'When you become a state trooper or a police officer, you are thinking about helping the community and making sure they're okay — but on the worst moments, you never expect to help people in a happy moment, like the birth of a child,' he said.
Trooper Angel Teran said that on Thursday, he was heading northbound on I-15, around 2700 South, to respond to a call.
Suddenly, he said he saw a big red pickup truck behind him. The driver was motioning at Teran and trying to wave him down.
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'At first, I was thinking, 'Why is he driving like that?' He was swerving …. flashing his lights at me. But when I saw his face, I understood something was wrong,' he said.
Teran and the driver pulled over, and when he got out of his vehicle, the driver kept pointing at a woman passenger in the truck.
'He's just yelling at me like, 'Hey, there's a baby,' Teran said. 'I'm like, 'Where is the baby?'… And I just look down at this brand-new baby, just coming out,' he said.
Teran said the first thing he saw was the back of the baby's head, and the mother asked him to make sure it was okay.
'There was a baby boy. When I saw the baby, of course, it was still connected to mom. A lot of blood and fluids. But I mean, I was happy to see and make sure he was breathing and I was able to check his heart,' he said.
He put a blanket around the baby, and soon after, another trooper who is an EMT and a medical team that Teran contacted arrived. The mother and the baby were checked on and reported to be doing well and were then taken to a nearby hospital.
Another stroke of luck — Teran said the driver and the mom only spoke Spanish, which he is fluent in.
'I believe a higher power probably put us in a good spot at the right moment,' he said.
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The driver was a family friend of the mother and told Teran this was an experience he thought he would never have.
'I told him, 'Same,'' Teran said. 'I think we started laughing. He just didn't know what to do. His tears started coming out and I'm like, 'I'm probably going to tear out with you, too,' he said.
Later in the day, Teran went to visit the mother and baby in the hospital, saying that seeing they were both okay was a relief.
'They said thank you and I shook hands with them … Being with the Hispanic community, it's a warm welcome to be able to help them out, too,' he said. ' … If I can just smile at somebody and help them out with their day, it's probably all I'm asking for — and just helping somebody today with their baby at the moment … it's a special gift, not a lot of people get to do it. It's a pretty special moment.'
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