Trooper Escorts Woman In Labor To Hospital After Stopping Car Going 100 MPH In West Springfield

What started as a traffic stop for a car traveling over 100 miles per hour ended with a state trooper escorting the vehicle to a local hospital to deliver a baby in Western Massachusets.

Trooper Jose Cabrera with the new baby and mother.
Photo Credit: *Massachusetts State Police*

Kathy Reakes

01/07/2022 12:00 p.m.

The special delivery took place around 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 5, in Hampden County when Trooper Jose Cabrera, assigned to the Springfield Barracks, stopped a vehicle for traveling over 100 miles per hour on Route 91 southbound in West Springfield, said the Massachusetts State Police.

When he approached the car, the driver explained his girlfriend was in labor and that her water had broken.

Cabrera immediately requested an ambulance through the Springfield Barracks desk officer and assisted in keeping the soon-to-be mother calm.

But soon, Cabrera was informed that all nearby ambulances were actively responding to other calls, so with a little quick thinking, he made the decision to escort the woman to the hospital in the back of his cruiser with the father following.

He safely delivered the mother-to-be to Mercy Hospital and a short time later she delivered a healthy baby boy.

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