La Grange Park EMTs Help Deliver Baby

LA GRANGE PARK, IL – La Grange Park's first responders helped deliver a baby last month after they figured the mother would not make it to the hospital on time.

On April 4, La Grange Park paramedics were called to an apartment on Homestead Road, according to a news release from the La Grange Park Fire Department.

They determined that the baby would be delivered before the mother could be safely placed in an ambulance and taken to the emergency room, the release said. They decided it was best that the mother not be moved from the apartment's floor.

Responding paramedics, EMTs and police officers worked together to deliver the baby, the village said.

The baby was delivered without any complications, and the mother and baby were then taken to the hospital, according to the release.

First responders reunited with the mother and baby Tuesday at Fire Station No. 1.