A pregnant girl who was shot in the head during a road rage attack was kept on life support so she could deliver her baby.

Katelynn Strate, 17, of Ponchatoula, La., who was 28 weeks pregnant, was with her boyfriend driving to his mother’s house on Sunday morning when the vehicle they were in, a Ford Expedition, encountered a Dodge truck travelling in the same direction, according to NOLA.com .

The driver of the Dodge, identified as 54-year-old Barry West, approached Strate and her boyfriend, allegedly firing a gun through the car which struck the pregnant girl.

“The investigation has determined after the two vehicles were tailgating and brake-checking each other, West shot one round into the Expedition travelling in front of him where the victim was seated in the front passenger seat,

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