B.C. taxi driver springs into action after woman goes into labour

AND IF YOU HAVE A NEWS TIP VIDEO OR EVEN PHOTOS OF BREAKING NEWS, WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. CAB DRIVERS ARE USED TO PASSENGERS IN A HURRY. BUT THIS WAS DIFFERENT IN NANAIMO. A WOMAN WENT INTO LABOUR IN THE BACK SEAT OF A TAXI ON OUR

WAY TO THE HOSPITAL AS CTV’S ANDY GARLAND REPORTS, A VETERAN DRIVER REALIZED HE COULDN’T MAKE IT TO THE HOSPITAL ON TIME. AND THAT’S WHEN HIS CAB BECAME A DELIVERY ROOM. >> THERE’S A BABY. THIS IS VIDEO A CAB DRIVER NEVER DREAMED OF CAPTURING DURING A SHIFT YESTERDAY MORNING, THE

MIRACLE OF LIFE CAME FRONT AND CENTRE. WOW, IT WAS AMAZING HERE, THIS BABY CRY FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT 20 MINUTES EARLIER FROM THE CAB DRIVER PICKED UP THE EXPECT A COUPLE AND THEIR YOUNG CHILD WE’RE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL. HE BRINGS OUT SOME BABY STEPS ON ALL JUST PREGGO RIGHT AWAY.

HE COULD TELL HE WASN’T GOING TO MAKE THE LESS THAN 10 MINUTE DRIVE TO THE HOSPITAL AS THE WOMAN STARTED GOING INTO LABOUR. AND I’M LIKE. >> I MEAN, YOU GUYS DON’T NEED A CAB, YOU NEED AN >> 6 BLOCKS AGO, HE PULLED OVER AND CALLED 9-1-1, THE RIGHT

THING TO DO IS TO CALL THE PARAMEDIC. BECAUSE THEY’RE TRAINED TO DO IT. TOO. WAS ON THIS SIDE OF THE CAB BEFORE HELP ARRIVED. AND WITH THE WOMAN’S PARTNER UNABLE TO COPE WITH THE SITUATION, RON SPRUNG INTO ACTION OR HEAD WAS THERE. AND I’M ON THE PHONE LIKE THE

9-1-1 GUY WAS TELLING ME TOO O MY GOLD, THE CONTRACTIONS FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED JUST IN TIME TO FINISH THE DELIVERY. AND I’M THINKING THIS KID IS GOING TO SHOOT OUT LIKE A WATERMELON ON THE FLOOR. MY CAB IN THE LAST 30 YEARS SERVICE IN NANAIMO YELLOW CABS HAS NEVER HAD ONE OF THEIR

DRIVERS DELIVER A BABY. LUCKILY, HER BABY WAS CALI KING AND CRYING AND YOU KNOW, CAME OUT HEALTHY. PARAMEDICS FINISH BABY TO THE HOSPITAL WHILE LEBRON ENDED UP FINISHING IS FAIR. TAKING THE FATHER AND YOUNG CHILD TO THE HOSPITAL. THE 10 YEAR VET BEHIND THE WHEEL IS A FIRM BELIEVER IN YOU NEVER KNOW.

>> WHO’S GOING TO BE YOUR NEXT RIDE? EVERY TRIP, EVERY FARES. A NEW TRIP IS A NEW JOURNEY AND

A cab driver on Vancouver Island saw his taxi turn into a temporary delivery room when a passenger went into labour.

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