OAK PARK, Ill. -- A man trying to rush his wife to the hospital to have their baby wound up delivering the child himself, just off a highway in Chicago.
The proud father Javier Sanchez rushed to follow the ambulance crew after the baby was born and medics arrived. They were taken to West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, where the couple was initially headed.
The baby girl, Alandra, was born around 3:40 a.m. Monday. The Chicago Fire Department said mom and baby are doing well.