by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
Three police officers found themselves delivering a baby in Sartell Aug. 26.
The police department rushed to a call from the 600 block of Pinecone Road that evening where they met a pregnant 35-year-old woman who was in the process of birth contractions and who told the officers she didn’t think she’d be able to make it to the hospital.
And she was right.
The officers grabbed an obstetrics kit (standard equipment in their squad-car first-aid kits) and assisted the woman in her home. At about 10 p.m., the squalls from the bouncing baby girl could be heard.
Gold Cross Ambulance then took mother and daughter to the hospital, and all went well.
The officers who assisted so ably were John Lester, Kelly Mader and Steve Mathews.
No further information could be obtained by press time.
