‘Right place at the right time’: TN transportation operator describes moment he helped deliver baby on side of I-40

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. (WSMV) – A Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) operator is being credited with helping a stranded driver deliver a baby on the side of the interstate.

Chester Hembree, a highway response operator for TDOT, responded to a childbirth call on I-40 eastbound in Knox County on June 5.

“I walked up there and said we’re not gonna be delivering babies on the side of the interstate, and I heard a woman inside say well you may be too late for that,” Hembree said…

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