Mother delivers baby in Bridgewater Home Depot parking lot with the help of police
Herkins Xavier Francois Jr. was born weighing 6 pound, 13 ounces.
One couple put a new spin on the term “home delivery” early Wednesday morning when the mother delivered her baby in the back of a car in a Home Depot parking lot, with the help of two Bridgewater police officers, according to a police news release.
*Media Advisory* Bridgewater Police Officers Deliver Baby in Car https://t.co/YcaTlNFpHb
— Bridgewater Police (Massachusetts) (@BwtrPolice) February 26, 2020
Around 2:40 a.m., police got a 911 call from Herkins Francois, who was on his way to the hospital with his wife, Latonia Francois. She was in labor, and he told police he didn’t think they were going to make it in time before the baby came.
Officers told Francois to pull off of Route 24 and onto Pleasant Street in Bridgewater, so he pulled into the Home Depot parking lot at 1453 Pleasant St. where police and fire paramedics were dispatched to help.
Latonia Francois was reportedly already in the back seat of the car, along with the couple’s two daughters, by the time Officer Michael Clark arrived.
After K-9 Officer Steven Kingsley made it to the parking lot, the pair helped the mother deliver her baby just as the Bridgewater Fire Department arrived with paramedics, who treated her and the healthy newborn boy.
The family was taken to Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital where they officially welcomed and celebrated their newest member, Herkins Xavier Francois Jr.
Herkins Jr. was born weighing 6 pounds and 13 ounces.
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