By NBC News
A routine traffic stop in the middle of the night ended with a Seattle cop helping to deliver the passenger’s baby — a birth captured on dashcam video.
Officer Anthony Reynolds noticed a car running red lights and speeding at about 3:45 a.m. local time (6:45 a.m. ET) Sunday, police said.
When he ordered the vehicle to stop, the driver jumped out and shouted that his wife was in labor.
Although Reynolds called for an ambulance, the couple’s baby arrived before medics and can be heard screaming in the video.
“After first giving a full-throated cry as she burst into the world, the…
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