Tyngsborough Police Chief Shaun Woods said he was proud of how Officer Olivia King Stark and Communications Specialist Kimberly Desmarais handled a 911 call in which a baby boy was born in a car on Kendall Road. The department’s account of the night was reported by JGPR and posted on the Tyngsborough Police Department’s website.
The baby arrived healthy and crying, the department said. His mother and the newborn were taken to Lowell General Hospital for evaluation.
A Call at 8:55 P.M. and a Father Who Handed Over
The 911 call came in at about 8:55 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, from Kendall Road near Cummings Road, according to the department. The caller reported that a woman was in labor. The family involved is from Dunstable, per the release.
Desmarais answered. She sent Tyngsborough Police and Fire to the scene, then gave the caller emergency medical dispatch instructions to help the mother until crews arrived. That means a dispatcher stays on the line and talks a caller through the next steps, instead of simply sending help and hanging up…