Kids & Family
Paramedics, Police Officers Help Deliver Baby Girl Inside Home
"Congratulations to the family and to our first responders who did an outstanding job in the delivery."
Suffolk County Police officers and Terryville Fire Department paramedics helped deliver a baby girl inside a local home early Thursday.
Police say officers Jon-Erik Negron, Brian Cann and Karl Allison responded to a 911 call of a woman giving birth on Lisa Lane in Terryville around 2:20 a.m. The officers, along with Terryville paramedics, Gina Brett, Kevin Bader and Chris Myers, the full-term expectant mother who gave birth to a baby girl at about 2:44 a.m.
Fort and the baby were transported to St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson where they are both in good condition.
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It's the third time officer Negron has assisted in the delivery of a baby since joining the department in 2013.
"Congratulations to the family and to our first responders who did an outstanding job in the delivery," the Terryville Fire Department posted on its Facebook page.
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#SCPD officer Jon-Erik Negron helps deliver 3rd baby in a year. @SCPD6thPrecinct and Terryville FD worked together to deliver the baby girl pic.twitter.com/lXRFC1dC7c
— Pete Guaraldi (@peteguaraldi) August 9, 2018
Photo by Dennis Whittam
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