Police Officer, EMTs Deliver Baby On Long Island Expressway

ISLANDIA, NY – There was a special delivery on the Long Island Expressway Friday night.

According to police, a man was driving his 27-year-old sister-in-law, Jessica Ramos, of Brentwood, to an area hospital to deliver her baby when her water broke. The man pulled over along the Long Island Expressway shoulder by Exit 58 in Islandia. Suffolk Police Highway Patrol Officer Joseph Goss responded, put a blanket under Ramos and reclined her seat. Shortly after his arrival, Goss noticed the baby’s head was crowning, police said.

Within minutes emergency medical technicians Jerry Varricchio and Michael Topchishvili from the Ronkonkoma Ambulance Company responded along with EMTs Shane Ford, Irvin Lin, Bipra Saha and Kellie Kolessar from the Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corp. They placed Ramos on a back board and carried her to the Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corp. ambulance where she gave birth to her son, Noah, at about 7:05 p.m.

Ramos and Noah were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where they are both in good condition.

Group photo courtesy of SCPD: (L-R) Michael Topchishvili (Ronkonkoma), Bipra Saha (SBVAC), Shane Ford (SBVAC), Jessica Ramos, Noah, Jerry Varricchio (Ronkonkoma), Kellie Kolessar (SBVAC), Irvin Lin (SBVAC).