Overview
- Pittsburgh EMS and Pennsylvania State Police responded around 12:30 a.m. Sunday after the mother delivered while driving to the hospital.
- First responders found the vehicle near the East Ohio Street exit and began on-scene care.
- Medics cut the umbilical cord, assessed both patients, allowed brief time together, and arranged separate transports for mother and newborn.
- Officials reported the baby was breathing normally without intervention and that both mother and child are doing fine after hospital evaluation.
- The birth coincided with a significant winter storm and travel restrictions, and reports differ on whether the roadway was I-279 or I-79/Parkway North.