Officials deliver baby girl in vehicle on shoulder of LIE

Suffolk County Police
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BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (1010 WINS) -- Police officers and paramedics from Long Island assisted in the delivery of a baby in a vehicle on the shoulder of the Long Island Expressway early Sunday, authorities said.

At 2:04 a.m. Highway Patrol officers responded to a 911 call reporting a woman in labor in a vehicle on the westbound right shoulder of the Long Island Expressway near Exit 53, officials said.

Upon arrival, 36-year-old Amy Steinberg was in labor in the backseat of her vehicle. Her husband Ian was with her, authorities said.

Sergeant Justin Carey, officers Kenneth Bunger, Matthew Siesto and Arnold Reyes, with the assistance of paramedics from Brentwood Legion Ambulance, delivered a baby girl at 2:34 a.m.

Steinberg and her daughter were transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore in good condition.

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