Ill. Police Officer Delivers Baby Stuck in Traffic Jam

Jan. 23, 2013
A man flagged down a Cicero police officer, who delivered the baby in the back seat of the car.

A man stuck in a traffic jam in Cicero this morning had other things to worry about: His wife was in labor and they were on their way to the hospital.

The man was driving down Roosevelt when he hit traffic backed up by a car fire about two blocks away at Laramie, town officials said.

The baby wouldn't wait for the road to clear and the man decided to flag down a police officer, who delivered the baby in the back seat of the car around 8 a.m., according to Cicero town spokesman Ray Hanania.

Copyright 2013 - Chicago Tribune

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

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