A woman in Nonthaburi, Thailand, gave birth in a petrol station after an accident on the road blocked her husband’s car from reaching a hospital.
At 10.20pm on Friday (20 March), Poh Teck Tung Foundation volunteers and paramedics rushed to a petrol station near Tiwanon-Pak Kret Soi 46 after receiving reports of a woman delivering a newborn in her vehicle.
Source: Naewna
Upon arrival, officials found a 26-year-old Laotian woman sitting beside a red Mazda sedan, cradling her newborn baby girl.
The infant was crying loudly, which officials noted as a positive sign of health.
Source: Naewna
A medical team from the Royal Irrigation Department Hospital provided immediate first aid before transporting both mother and child to the hospital. Both are reported to be safe and in good condition.
The father explained that he was driving his wife from their home in Soi Phra Mae Karun to the hospital as she went into labour.
However, they encountered a traffic jam caused by an accident right in front of the petrol station, involving a delivery truck that had overturned, spilling glass soda bottles across the road.
Source: Naewna
As his wife’s contractions intensified, he decided to pull into the petrol station for help, but the baby was delivered just as they got out of the car.
An officer from the Poh Teck Tung Foundation noted that his team was already at the scene responding to the overturned truck when police notified them of the birth taking place just metres away inside the station.
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Featured image adapted from Naewna.