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Woman in Labor Caught in TZB Traffic Jam Friday

Mother and child are healthy in spite of the circumstances.

Photo credit: New York State Police

A Piermont woman was headed to the hospital Friday to have a baby when she and her husband got stuck in the massive traffic jam caused by the tractor trailer rollover accident.

Ashley Larkin was having contractions when all seven lanes were shut down and she was still 15 miles from the hospital, according to the Journal News.

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Cut to the chase, Larkin now has two children and both mother and child are healthy.

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Read the entire story, from the state police officer who initially encountered the pregnant woman to where the baby was actually born, at the Journal News here.

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