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ST. GEORGE — A woman who reportedly went into labor during a traffic accident and was briefly trapped inside the car was freed by first responders and taken to the hospital Tuesday
Officers and emergency personnel were dispatched at 6:23 p.m. to a crash at the intersection of state Route 56 and North Lund Highway involving a white Ford Focus and a 1996 white Toyota pickup truck, Iron County Sheriff’s Lt. Del Schlosser said.
Emergency personnel who found the pregnant woman passenger trapped inside the Ford were told she was in labor.
“The man’s pregnant wife was very close to her due-date and went into labor, or potential labor, during the crash,” Schlosser said.
Firefighters arriving on scene were able to extricate the woman from the wreckage, and she was transported to Cedar City Hospital by ambulance in stable condition.