Woman gives birth in car before police pull her over at gunpoint

[Sequoia]

KETTERING, Ohio (AP) -- A woman rushing to a hospital to give birth hit a few stops along the way -- first at a gas station where she delivered the baby herself, then when confused police ordered her out of the car at gunpoint.

Debbie Coleman, whose 3- and 4-year-old daughters were asleep in the back seat, pulled over at a gas station just after midnight Tuesday.

"I asked if she needed help, and she just leaned back in the seat, hollered a little, and I looked down and there was the baby's head," said station co-owner Lloyd Goff, who was alerted to the emergency at pump No. 7 by a customer.

Goff said Coleman "threw her leg over the steering wheel, groaned once, and the rest of the baby came out.

"She caught that baby, put it to her chest, gave me a look, like, 'I gotta go,' closed the door, put the van in gear and away she went."

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/31/station.delivery.ap/index.html

[Dhalgren]

1. Now THAT is what I call A WOMAN!!!

[Hobarticus]

3. "Check the oil, wash the windshield...and snip the cord, willya?"

Damn!!!

[HEyHEY]

4. That's nothing - it came out sideways

She didn't scream or nuthin

[DulceDecorum]

2. DRAFT THE COPS

They all seem to be very good at warfare these days.
Draft Tasselberry Brigade.
Pack them off to Iraq.
And send their tasers there with them.

[Katidid]

5. Thanks for the chuckle ..

first one this morning and I needed it.

Damn! What a woman ! ! !

[Book Lover]

6. Sisters are doing it for themselves

I nominate Debbie Coleman for Woman of the Year!

[DELUSIONAL]

7. Is it because they are cops or that the cops are just dumb males???

What is it with these stupid Male cop stories -- a cop rushing to deliver a baby is taken to the hospital in hand cuffs.

Yep ship all the dumb cops somewhere where they can't do any harm.

Or may more of the idiot cops should taser themselves. (Also another news story posted at DU in the last couple of days.)