Crime & Safety
Mass Pike Baby: Trooper Clears Natick Traffic For Delivery
The soon-to-be father flagged down a state trooper along the Mass Pike while stuck in traffic.
NATICK, MA — A state trooper this week helped deliver a baby in a much better place than the side of the Mass Pike.
Near 8 a.m. on Monday, Weston-based trooper Paule Dabene was on patrol along the rush hour-choked Mass Pike in Natick when a man flagged him down from the breakdown lane.
The man explained that his wife was in labor and needed to get to the hospital quickly. Dabene hopped in his cruiser and cleared traffic to help the expecting parents make it to Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
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They made it just in time for the delivery, state police said in a Facebook post.
Dabene visited the new parents and their new daughter at Newton-Wellesley on Tuesday, according to the post.
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