A Suffolk County Police Highway Patrol officer aided a North Bellport woman who gave birth to a baby girl on the side of Sunrise Highway this afternoon.
Highway Patrol Officer Jesse Wenk responded to a 911 call of a woman who delivered a baby in her car on the side of westbound Sunrise Highway, west of exit 50, at 4:27 p.m. Upon arrival, Officer Wenk found Diana Suarez had just delivered the baby girl.
Officer Wenk aided Suarez, 26, of North Bellport, and helped warm the baby with a jacket, ensuring the infant’s vitals were stable while waiting for Holbrook Fire Department Ambulance. Both mother and baby were transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore.
Both mother and baby are doing well.