A couple had to pull over on the side of a road in Pacoima when their newborn wasn't waiting any longer to enter the world.
Firefighter-paramedics responded just before midnight to a call about a woman in labor. Once they arrived, they found the baby had already been delivered in the family's SUV.
The mother a baby boy were checked out at the scene and transported to a hospital in healthy condition, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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