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Special delivery: Woman gives birth on 5 Freeway in California
NY Post ^ | Olivia Land

Posted on 11/10/2022 2:56:54 PM PST by BenLurkin

A California woman gave birth to a baby girl on the side of a freeway Wednesday night, after her bid to get to hospital in time stalled out.

While on the 5 Freeway en route to UCI Medical Center, however, Ally asked her husband to pull over because “the baby was going to come out.”

Orange County Fire Authority first responders were called to the scene around 9:30. OCFA fire captain Jorge Robledo told The Times that while he had assisted with deliveries before, highway births are rare.

Last month, The Post reported on a UK woman who suddenly delivered to her daughter in the back of a taxi, only to be charged a cleaning fee by the cab company just days later.

“I understand that I did make a mess, but it’s a bit cheeky to have charged me,” new mom-of-two Farah Cacanindin said at the time.

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1 posted on 11/10/2022 2:56:54 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

On 5 freeways? Dang, how long is that baby?


2 posted on 11/10/2022 3:01:15 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca

Cop pulls over a driver for driving 5 miles an hour on the freeway.

“Why so slow?”

“It’s the five freeway and than means drive five miles an hour.”

“I see. But why are your passengers so rattled?”

“I dunno. But we did just get off the 101.”


3 posted on 11/10/2022 3:04:03 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
“I understand that I did make a mess, but it’s a bit cheeky to have charged me,” new mom-of-two Farah Cacanindin said at the time.

...as opposed to expecting someone else to clean up your mess for free?

4 posted on 11/10/2022 3:06:08 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BenLurkin

Old Tim Thomerson standup routine from the late 70’s

I was born on the freeway somewhere between Visalia and Bakersfield and I was raised on a mayonnaise farm. When I was finishing 8th grade my brother runned over me with a backhoe. Sparks commenced and mah face caught on fire. Daddy run down from from the porch and put it out with a rake. Then I growed up...

For some reason that routine stuck in my head all these years and the freeway thing brought it to mind.


5 posted on 11/10/2022 3:18:09 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: BenLurkin
“I understand that I did make a mess, but it’s a bit cheeky to have charged me,” new mom-of-two Farah Cacanindin said at the time.

LOL! Cheeky!

6 posted on 11/10/2022 3:20:13 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: BenLurkin

The good news is that the medics killed it with scissors.


7 posted on 11/10/2022 3:25:53 PM PST by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: BenLurkin

Back when I was in high school, we still had driver’s ed classes.

During my first lesson, an interstate foray, my mellowed-by-bourbon instructor calmly mentioned “70 is the name of the highway, not the speed limit, ya know”.


8 posted on 11/10/2022 3:26:22 PM PST by Salamander (Please visit my profile page help save my beloved dog's life. https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FUF)
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To: Jewbacca

“”On 5 freeways? Dang, how long is that baby?””

LOL

Now that you ask -pretty long. All the way from the Mexican border to the border with Canada.


9 posted on 11/10/2022 3:27:06 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: BenLurkin

Just great, another anchor baby


10 posted on 11/10/2022 3:28:13 PM PST by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: 38special

Why would you say that baby is an anchor baby. The fathers surname is Japanese. He attended California colleges and is a software engineer. He is most likely American and lived here his entire life.


11 posted on 11/10/2022 3:38:38 PM PST by gcparent (God Bless America )
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

She or a family member should’ve told the driver to send them a bill. Although the baby is a gift from God to the family, it’s birth wasn’t a high honor to the cab company. That vehicle was out of commission until it was cleaned, so the driver and the company probably lost fares unless there was a spare cab available. At least give the company a chance to be gracious if they could afford it.

I take it that they charge cleaning fees to vomiting drunks and sick people.


12 posted on 11/10/2022 3:41:34 PM PST by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: skr

Totally agree.


13 posted on 11/10/2022 4:08:15 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: BenLurkin

Like I-5 traffic isn’t bad enough.


14 posted on 11/10/2022 4:50:11 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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