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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department helped deliver a baby on Monday, Sept. 22

The incident occurred after two officers were flagged down as they traveled southbound on I-678

The mother and newborn baby girl are safe

A baby was safely delivered on the side of the road thanks to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department (MTAPD).

MTAPD Highway Patrol Sergeant Joseph Casale and his partner, Officer Eric Li, were traveling southbound on I-678 on Monday, Sept. 22, when a driver waved them down as they passed Exit 18, the last exit before the Whitestone Bridge Span in New York City.

According to the MTAPD, the driver had pulled over onto the right shoulder as his wife was in labor and needed help.

In addition to rush hour, there was ex

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