“Though the Davises live about 30 miles away in Dracut, Jennifer Davis, 38, wanted to have her baby at Mount Auburn, where she had also given birth to her 7-year-old son, Brendan.”
I’m sorry, but I have little sympathy. And I say that as a very pregnant person right now.
Do you know how many hospitals are between Dracut and Alewife, some of which they had to go right past to get to Cambridge? Or how many are much closer than 30 miles? I can name at least 5 and I haven’t enve lived in the area for years. This is not some rural area and this is the closest hospital. Not to mention Route 2 at that point is ALWAYS backed-up. And given Boston drivers, they should be happy they didn’t wind up in a crash as I’ve seen more than one person pull their car in front of someone speeding up the breakdown lane.
If you make the choice to go to a hospital an hour away, you take the risk of not making it.
And in that state, if you drink and drive with your adulterous partner in the car and go over a bridge and she dies, you get away with it. I guess it’s all in who you know... or something. Let’s just sit and judge what time they should’ve left the house and what hospital they preferred. After all, surely that cop had no better way to deal with the situation.