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BATH, Maine (AP) — Emergency medical personnel successfully delivered a baby girl in the parking lot of a supermarket in southern Maine.
WGME-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1KfLONL ) Sophia Swain-Stark delivered her daughter Chloe in the parking lot of Shaw's Supermarket in Bath on Thursday morning.
Chloe, who weighed 5 pounds and 12 ounces at birth, was born two weeks early inside her father's parked truck. Swain-Stark and Chloe's father were on the road to the hospital for about five minutes before Swain-Stark's water broke.
After dialing 911, an ambulance crew agreed to meet the couple in the parking lot and deliver the baby there. The men later visited Swain-Stark and Chloe in the hospital.
Both mother and daughter are healthy.
Swain-Stark says she believes a snowmobile ride she took on Wednesday helped speed up Chloe's delivery.
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Information from: WGME-TV, http://www.wgme.com
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