Baby delivered on side of Cleveland highway by firefighter dad

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(WJW) – A healthy baby girl was delivered on the side of a highway in Cleveland Monday morning with the help of her firefighter dad.

According to the Cleveland Division of Fire , a husband and wife were on their way to Fairview Hospital on Interstate 480 when the wife asked her husband to “pull over now.”

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That is when the woman put her feet up on the dashboard of the van and delivered the baby girl.

FOX 8 News is told that the new father is a Cleveland firefighter and the baby’s delivery came the same day he is being promoted to lieutenant.

The Cleveland Division of Fire arrived on the scene to assist their growing family.

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According to the fire department, the family was taken to the hospital and baby Mabel is doing well.

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